Pay & Benefits
Survivor Benefits: Q&A
Answers to questions from last week’s column on providing for your survivors.
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Supporting Your Survivors
What will happen financially to the people who depend on you if you die?
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Make Retirement Easy
That’s what OPM says its new electronic processing system will do.
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Delayed Gratification
For many newly retired feds, the wait for that first full retirement check is long and painful.
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Continued Coverage, Continued
Answers to reader questions about continuing health benefits into retirement.
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The Five-Year Test
Details of the requirements for continuing federal health benefits into retirement.
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Keep Your Records
De-cluttering your life is a great idea, but some records are too important to be thrown out.
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Facing Disability
How your benefits and retirement can be affected if you become sick or injured.
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Educate Yourself
Gathering information early and often is the best way to avoid being surprised by the size of your retirement check.
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Buyer Beware
It’s best to remember that your retirement estimate is exactly that -- an estimate.
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Changes for 2008
A look at annual changes in Social Security, Medicare and federal retirement benefits programs.
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Last-Minute Tips
A checklist for those about to move on to the next phase of their lives.
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