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Refunds and Redeposits

The lowdown on some recent news about service credit payments and retirement contributions.

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The Index: 2011 Edition

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

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A Date for New Year’s

Picking the best date to retire in 2011 can put some extra money in your pocket.

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Why?

The one-word question that can be the key to health benefit decisions.

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Medicare Wrap-Up

Questions and answers for those pondering their retirement health insurance options during this open season.

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Disability Decisions

Planning for the possibility you’re forced to leave your job due to injury.

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Medicare Questions

Answers to your queries about Medicare and federal health benefits.

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Don’t Forget Medicare

It pays to factor it into your post-retirement health insurance planning.

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Trick or Treat

How to make the best of the horror show of delays in processing retirement applications.

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COLA Crunch

Two years of zero increases in Social Security benefits have some retirees up in arms.

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Golden Opportunity

The latest on the Voluntary Contributions savings program.

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(Almost) Free Health Insurance

A look at high deductible health plans.

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Life Insurance Lessons

Answers to some key questions about Federal Employees Group Life Insurance.

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Getting Help

How to gather the key information and advice you need to prepare for retirement.

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Health Reform and Your Children

The lowdown on new rules extending coverage to adult children of FEHBP participants.

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Pop Quiz

A back-to-school test on retirement planning basics.

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Understanding CSRS Offset

The peculiarities of the niche retirement system aimed largely at people who had a break in federal service at some point.

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The Magic Number

If you're eligible for Social Security benefits at age 62, should you take them now or wait?

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The Next Adventure

Deciding when to move on -- and what to do -- is an intensely personal process.

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At Your Service

Answers to readers’ questions about service requirements and retirement.