Q. If you are approved for disability retirement, are you responsible for paying for your medical insurance and life insurance coverage? Also, if you are approved for disability retirement with the governmental agency where you work, does this mean that Social Security will approve you also?
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Q. I am a retired federal employee that kept my health benefits, which is BCBS Standard, after retirement. My husband is retired military and we are covered under Tricare Prime also. I want to know if my current BCBS coverage will satisfy the Part B plan when I switch to Tricare For Life. I get the deer in the headlights look when I talk to the Tricare people.
Q. Will I lose my health insurance in retirement once I am eligible for Medicaid?
Q. When I retire from FERS, can I use my health insurance right after retirement? Does my insurance stop until I start receiving retirement pay?
Q. Are my insurance premiums reduced when I am eligible for Medicare Advantage plans?
Q. I am a federal retiree in the CSRS retiree program. I retired after 42 years of government service and am now 67 years of age. I am presently under my husband’s State of Maryland health plan. He is retired also. During open season this year, we would like to change our health insurance plan to the Federal Government Blue Cross/Blue Insurance health plan. Can we do this?
Q. For years I’ve heard that any retiree could suspend his Federal Employees Health Benefits enrollment with the option of re-enrolling if needed. Is that true?
Q. I’m 60 years old with 36 years of service. I got married four years ago. I have not added her to my health plan yet. Can I still add her before I retire?
Q. I had five years of federal service, bought back 10 military years, then quit federal employment at age 40. I’ll apply for a deferred pension at 62. Is there any chance of getting health care under the FEHB program then?
Q. I left federal service in 2006 with 22 years of service and was in FEHB at all times. If I can go back into federal service to regain eligibility for FEHB in retirement, what type of appointment need it be? And is there a minimum time of service before retiring from that reemployment at age 60 or older?