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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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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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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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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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