It is one thing to understand the inner workings of your individual benefits, but what is more important is to understand how they interact together. FEHB, FEDVIP, and FSA’s can all be great tools in your financial life, but they become the most effective when you coordinate them in a Read more…
Before we start talking about the federal Long Term Care Program we have to address what long-term care insurance is and why someone might want it. In the past, when someone got older and was unable to take care of themselves, their children often stepped in and cared for their Read more…
Retirement may seem like a distant dream, but it generally comes faster than you think. Some people only start thinking about retirement when they are within a year of leaving the government. While some people get away with this, it is much harder to be proactive with that short amount Read more…
Death is something no one likes to think about or plan for. But regardless of how much we think about it, it is a natural part of life. For some of us it comes later and for some of us it comes sooner. There is really no way to know, Read more…
Life is constantly moving and it can be hard sometimes to keep up with a rapidly changing world. But your federal benefits are something you should always keep up on. Retirement can be a more difficult time to keep up with it all because you are no longer surrounded by Read more…
It makes sense for many people to stay with the federal government for their entire career. But for others, it simply does not. For these individuals it is important to know what happens to your federal benefits if you decide to leave before you are eligible to retire. Pension You Read more…
I’ve seen many people retire, travel for a year, get bored, and then go back to work. Whether it’s out of boredom, financial need, or for any other reason, many federal employees find themselves in a position where they want to go back to work after they’ve already retired. The Read more…
Beneficiary designations are one of those things that most employees fill out when they’re first employed and never think about much after that. But most people don’t know that these designations are extremely powerful. They will overrule a will or other estate documents every time. This means that regardless of Read more…
A federal employee has a lot of options when retirement comes. With just about every benefit that employees enjoy, a decision will have to be made on how to use that benefit in retirement. One of these decisions that will make a huge impact over the course of a retirement Read more…
Whether we realize it or not, we all have a relationship with money. Just like food, your possessions, and the people in your life, there are certain feelings and attitudes that you associate with money. These feelings can be vastly different from person to person. Most people never stop to Read more…
