Article: OPM ANNOUNCES 1.8 PERCENT FEHBP PREMIUM INCREASE FOR 2007; MARKS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF DECLINING RATE HIKES

Article: OPM HOLDS AVERAGE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 13, 2007 ;     661 words ... ... also announced the renaming of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Open Season to the ... benefits available, including the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program ... plans to hold down premium costs for Federal employees, retirees and dependents, while ...

Article: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. (In ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  November 1, 2001 ;     623 words ...The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) will incur an overall average premium increase of 13 percent in 2002, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced September 21, 2001. OPM says that the hike was necessitated ...

Article: FEHBP's Premium Increase And What It Really Means
The Washington Post;  September 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... next year in the Federal Employees Health Benefits ... Association of Retired Federal Employees. Kay Coles James ... next year. As most federal employees and retirees know ... a 7.3 percent premium increase, for standard family ...

Article: Blue Cross And Blue Shield Federal Employee Program's Basic ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... costs steady for federal employees, retirees and their ... programs of the Federal Employees Health Benefits ... screenings. The premium increase for the Standard ... family coverage. Federal employees, retirees and their ...

Article: Buyers of Long-Term Care Insurance Riled by Premium ...
The Washington Post;  August 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... expresses the exasperation and dismay retired and active federal employees, including Donna and Chester Joy, felt when they learned ... the OPM didn't either. "We did not expect a future premium increase when the program began so we did not emphasize that possibility ...

Article: There Are Ways to Take the Sting Out of Insurance Premium ...
The Washington Post;  November 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... average of 10.6 percent next year for federal employees and retirees. Retirees face an additional ... ways to ease the premium pain. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will offer ... for savings grows even larger for federal employees, who can sign up for flexible spending ...

Article: U.S. Health Insurance Costs to Rise; Workers, Retirees Face ...
The Washington Post;  September 5, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... million workers, retirees and dependents covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the nation's largest "company ... coverage plan offered by the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees union. Its premium will go up $66.80 biweekly next ...