Q. I am 57 years of age and will retire with 30 years of government federal service. I am under FERS. I have a disabled son in Puerto Rico, who lives with his mother. She has always taken care of him. He was born with a brain tumor and has undergone multiple brain surgeries. He became blind during one of his brain surgeries. Optic nerves were invaded by tumor. Is he entitled to receive a supplement as I will, when I retire? If so, how do I go about requesting this from the Office of Personnel Management? A. Only FERS…
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Q. I am three years and eight months younger than my wife. She had carried the insurance premium for both of us since 1976. I had to take up Blue Cross/Blue Shield this year myself, since Medicare is not a family plan. I plan to retire for health reasons on April 27, 2013, with 34 years of service, but I do not know if my Federal Employees Health Benefits plan will continue, due to the recent acquiring of my own plan. I was under her plan as a dependent for 35 years, but I am also a federal employee. If…
Q: My daughter turned 22 in March, so her insurance on my policy through the Defense Department (Blue Cross) expired. Since the new health care reform bill extends coverage to age 26, but does not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2011, how does that affect her? Can she be reinstated on Jan. 1st to our current health insurance coverage as she previously was? A: During the interim, she would be able to enroll as an individual under the Temporary Continuation of Coverage provision, for which she would pay 100 percent of the monthly premiums plus 2 percent for administrative…