Q. Would an annuity based on 16 years’ service be more than one based on five years?
Q. If I retire at 58 with 20 years of service, what exactly do I lose? Should I wait at least until 60, or 62 or 65?
Q. I have completed the OPM Form RI 79-9 to suspend my FEHB coverage because my wife and I have Medicare Part A & B and we also have TRICARE for Life. I would like to know If I can fax the signed copy of the form to the Office of Personnel Management and, if I can, what the fax number is. Otherwise, what is the address that I can mail the form and supporting documents (copy of the Medicare cards) to?
Q. Is the Special Retirement Supplement rounded to the next full year of service?
Q. 5 CFR 842.503 (a)(1) says that 30 years of service grants you entitlement to the special retirement supplement, yet the Office of Personnel Management denied it to me. I just left the service two years prior to minimum retirement age with 30-plus years of service.
Q. I am 52 with 33 years and 3 months service (30 U.S. Postal Service and three in the Army). My minimum retirement age is 56 years 4 months. If I decided to leave the Postal Service now, what are the penalties?
Q. What is the reasoning behind why FERS retirees don’t receive a COLA increase until age 62 and CSRS retirees receive it proportionately in the year after they retire?
Q. I’ve read that your years of service are rounded to the next whole number. So does this mean if I have 32 years, 6 months and 1 day, they would use 33 in the calculation?
Q. How do I add dental care without “changing” my standard coverage with BC/BS of Alabama?
Q. Are you eligible for the special retirement supplement if you postpone your retirement and leave federal service after your MRA with over 20 years and start retirement at age 60?