Medicare Part B and Your Federal Health Plan: 7 Questions Federal Retirees Keep Asking
Do you need Medicare Part B with FEHB or PSHB? Get straight answers on 2026 costs, penalties, and deadlines for federal and postal retirees.

Do you need Medicare Part B with FEHB or PSHB? Get straight answers on 2026 costs, penalties, and deadlines for federal and postal retirees.

The FERS survivor benefit costs 10% of your pension, or 5% for partial. Here's how the choice works and how to decide before you retire. Run your numbers.

Open season runs Nov. 9–Dec. 14, 2026, and FEHB premiums are up 9.3%. Here's what the 2027 changes mean for your federal employee retirement plan.

Seven federal retirement myths that quietly cost feds six figures, from survivor benefits and FEGLI to Medicare Part B, PSHB, and the tax bracket trap.

The FERS supplement can be worth $18,000 a year until the earnings test takes it. Who qualifies, how it is calculated, and how federal retirees lose it.

Your TSP catch-up contributions changed January 1, 2026. If you earned over $150,000 last year, the IRS made the choice for you. Here is what it means.