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2025 Health Care Premiums, Hold on to Your Hat!

Posted on Friday, 27th September 2024 by Dennis Damp

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Federal employees and annuitants enrolled in the Federal Employee Health Benefit’s (FEHB) program will pay 13.5% more, on average, for their health care premiums.   Get started with a complimentary retirement planning session and a FREE retirement planning report. Adding this huge increase to the 7.7% premium rise for 2024, and 2023’s 8.7% increase we are all […]

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2025 FEHB & Medicare Plans – Changes on the Way

Posted on Friday, 6th September 2024 by Dennis Damp

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The 2025 Federal Employee’s Health Benefit (FEHB) Open Season will run from November 11 through December 9, 2024. Open Season starts every year on the Monday of the second full work week in November and ends on the Monday of the second full work week in December.   Get started with a complimentary retirement planning […]

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Enhancing Your Retirement Experience – One Day at a Time

Posted on Friday, 23rd August 2024 by Dennis Damp

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At Federal Retirement Planning, we understand the importance of preparing for retirement holistically: financially, emotionally, and physically. One without the other could derail your retirement. One crucial aspect often overlooked is the incorporation of an exercise routine long before retiring in preparation for an active life after retirement. Many, defer this to post retirement. After […]

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The 2024 Election – Voting Early This November

Posted on Saturday, 15th June 2024 by Dennis Damp

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Your vote matters, annuitants, and those working with busy schedules or traveling may wish to vote remotely. You can request an absentee ballot or in many states like Pennsylvania vote-by-mail.   Applying for a Mail-in Ballot The general election will be held on Tuesday, November 5 but voting begins early in many states. Visit www.vote.gov […]

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Federal & Postal Employees Health Benefits Update

Posted on Friday, 17th May 2024 by Dennis Damp

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a centralized enrollment platform for the postal service last year and they requested funds for FY 2025 to extend this central enrollment system to all Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) enrollments. This would allow OPM to manage and make consistent all FEHB enrollments and remove individuals who cease […]

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Postal Service Health Benefit (PSHB) Providers Announced

Posted on Friday, 3rd May 2024 by Dennis Damp

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OPM Released a list of conditionally approved Postal Service Health Benefit (PSHB) Program carriers for their new centralized health care system. The new PSHB program will cover almost two million USPS employee’s and their family members starting in 2025. Postal Reform Act The Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) of 2022 requires that OPM establish this […]

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Down But Not Out – Imagine if This Was You!

Posted on Friday, 12th April 2024 by Dennis Damp

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Please forward this to others that may find this information helpful. They can sign-up to receive my free Retirement Planning Newsletter Our national debt was $15.5 trillion in 2012 when I first addressed this issue, today it has more than doubled and exceeds $34 trillion! Federal budget deficits will continue this year, according to CNBC, […]

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Is Working in Retirement A Necessity Today?

Posted on Friday, 5th April 2024 by Dennis Damp

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Considering today’s high cost of living, it’s no wonder why many retirees are looking for jobs to make ends meet. A visit to your local grocery store brings this home when we walk out with two small bags of groceries for $100. Meat, coffee, and just about everything is simply off the charts. We picked […]

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