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Life Insurance Options

A look at choices beyond basic coverage for federal employees.

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Life Insurance Basics

Assessing your insurance options after retirement.

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Social Security Quiz

A test of your knowledge of a key element in planning for your retirement.

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Reductions and Withholdings

Why your retirement check might be smaller than you think it’ll be.

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The Index: 2012 Edition

Your annual guide to the critical retirement information covered in this column.

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A Few Good Things

It may have been a rough year for federal employees, but there were some positive developments in 2011.

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Great Expectations

If you’re retiring at the end of the year, here’s what you should be prepared for.

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Medicare Choices

Why choose Medicare and which FEHBP plans work best with it?

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Taking the Plunge

One reader’s story of switching to a high-deductible health plan.

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Ten Tips for Open Season

A handy guide to making decisions about health insurance and retirement.

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11.11.11 Edition

Eleven things federal employees who have served in the military should know.

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So Many Choices

With open season right around the corner, it’s time to start considering health plan options.

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Long-Term Open Season

A look at how many feds have signed up for long-term care insurance during this year’s open season -- and why they did.

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Targeting Early Retirement

A look at how and why the federal system permits some employees to leave early.

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Refreshing COLA

The lowdown on the first cost-of-living adjustment in retirement benefits in two years.

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Complicating Factors

A cautionary tale of how federal retirement benefits, survivor annuities and Social Security can become tangled.

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Coming Back

Thinking about leaving government? Some retirees are thinking about returning.

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Uncertain Times

How changes in policies, programs and the economy could affect your retirement security.

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Go or No Go

When it comes to retiring, do you feel like you’re being pushed, pulled, nudged or lured?

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Not Quite Right

It pays to make sure your retirement estimate is accurate.