FEHB
Q&A: Getting Health Insurance if Retiring/Traveling Overseas
Question Can I contribute external money from an existing non-TSP IRA account to my existing Roth TSP? Answer You can transfer a traditional IRA into your traditional TSP however you can not transfer a Roth IRA into the TSP at all. The only way to transfer after-tax money into Read more…
FEHB
Will The Government Stop Paying for Our Health Insurance in Retirement?
Question This segment takes us just to the edge of answering what our benefits look like in retirement. Didn’t answer: will the government continue to contribute to health insurance? What happens to basic life? Do we lose our supplemental life – is there an option to keep it? I heard Read more…
FEGLI
What You Have to Understand about Insurance in Retirement
Just like your TSP, pension, and other retirement income, your insurance plays a major role in your career and in retirement. Getting the right coverage is not only crucial for a solid financial plan but there are often opportunities to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars when you understand Read more…
FEHB
Q&A: Biggest Change to FEHB in Retirement
https://youtu.be/MLeZpngg-UA Question 1 I have worked for the post office for 30 yrs and understand my retirement benefits pretty well. However, I have a friend that resigned after 10 years of service and went to work at a non government job. Is there any federal retirement pension benefit for them Read more…
FEHB
Do I Need Medicare and FEHB in Retirement?
The cost of healthcare is rising at a staggering rate and being prepared with proper health insurance often makes a huge difference during a career and in retirement. For federal employees and retirees, Medicare is a big question. FEHB has served many federal employees for decades and the Medicare Read more…
FEHB
Do This if Your Spouse is under FERS Too!
When one spouse is a federal employee there are a number of strategies that often make sense to make sure the other members of their family enjoy all the FERS benefits. But when both spouses are FERS federal employees, there are 3 main decisions that will be a little Read more…
FEHB
Should You Leave Your Spouse a Piece of Your Pension?
https://youtu.be/onPrNofS-0c As a FERS employee, your pension is often a key part of your retirement plan. It provides an income stream for the rest of your life with increases for inflation. It is an extremely valuable benefit to have. A question that many FERS ask as they retire is Read more…