Q. I would appreciate a clarification of eligibility for Federal Employees Health Benefits under postponed retirement. I selected a postponed retirement and have recently begun receiving benefits. I may, at some point, want to sign up for FEHB as a FERS retiree. In my situation, in my last government position (as an appointee), I had continuous coverage under my wife’s FEHB as a part of a family plan. Since I left the government position, I have continued to be covered under my wife’s FEHB family plan. As I understand it, postponed retirees who were enrolled at the time they left…
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Q: As of April 2011, I will have been a federal employee at the Department of Defense for five years. I presume that I could have enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan when I was hired. Instead, we decided to continue our Medicare A & B, Medigap, and drug policies. 2011 is the first time that we have enrolled in an FEHB plan. My husband of 51 years, a non-government retiree, is somewhat older than myself and it would be advantageous for me to be able to keep my FEHB plan when I retire. The consensus seemed to…