Q. I am a 48-year-old with 25 years of service with the Postal Service. My office will be reduced in September 2014 to a six-hour office. My husband was a retired Marine with a service-connected death. What are my options with the Postal Service plan? Can I be RIF’ed and can my pay be cut? I have veterans’ preferences documented on my Form 50.
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Q. I am the spouse of a federal employee and currently am covered by his family plan. I am eligible but do not participate in the plan my company offers because the benefits aren’t as good. Will the existing federal plan force me off of coverage and onto my own plan as a result of the Affordable Care Act?
Q. Can I retire without health insurance and pick it up after retirement? My husband works for the government also, and I will be retiring soon. Would it be better for me to pick up family insurance before I retire so I don’t lose any benefits? Is there any difference on the health insurance cost/benefits of my spouse and mine after we both retire?
Q. My spouse is eligible for CSRS survivor benefits. Upon my death, would her CSRS survivor benefit be affected in any way from Social Security benefits, and vice versa, that she will receive from her nonfederal employment?
Q. I am 65. I have worked under CSRS at the Veterans Affairs Department for 30 years. Still working full time. If I were to die before I retire, would my wife be eligible to receive retirement pension benefits?
Q. My husband is a non-fed. I’ve got 28 years in with the Defense Department. I’ve had self-and-family GEHA for all of those 28 years. My husband is three years younger than I am and will retire at 62 (in 2015). I don’t plan to retire until 2016. I know I can carry over my Federal Employees Health Benefits into retirement, which will also insure my husband (due to the annuity I will provide for him from my retirement). If I pass away before I retire in 2016, will my husband be able to maintain the FEHB I have been…
Q. I am refinancing my house and the mortgage company wants documentation of annuity and how long I will receive it. My husband passed away and was a postal worker. I need to know where I obtain this.
Q. Will my spouse receive a spousal annuity if I am eligible for retirement and I die before I retire?
Q. I’m older than my spouse, and am already on Medicare Part A. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield for Part B, and that is our primary family insurance. When I retire, I understand that I must take Part B of Medicare (I’ll be 73 when I retire). However, my spouse will only be 61 — too young for Medicare — so I plan to continue BC/BS family plan. Do I still need to sign up for Medicare Part B even though I’ll keep the BC/BS? Or should I just keep the BC/BS for single coverage (for my spouse)?
Q. Our family is covered under my retired husband’s Federal Employees Health Benefits plan. I have a health plan available through my work (but am not enrolled in the plan), but will not have that option available upon my retirement. Under the Affordable Care Act, will I lose my eligibility to my husband’s FEHB? Would I be eligible again for FEHB if I no longer have access through my employment (unemployed or retired)?