What you’ll learn
These topics apply at every stage of a federal career, not just one. This track covers how FEHB, FEGLI, and Medicare work once you retire, how your pension, the Special Retirement Supplement, and TSP withdrawals are taxed, and how special situations like FERS disability retirement and divorce are handled.
Lessons
6 lessons- 01FEHB in retirement and the five-year ruleHow to carry your federal health coverage into retirement, and the five-year rule that decides whether you can.Soon
- 02Medicare at 65 and how it works with FEHBThe Part A and Part B decision at age 65, and how Medicare and FEHB coordinate as you get older.Soon
- 03FEGLI in retirement: the reduction electionsHow your federal life insurance changes at retirement, and the 75, 50, or 0 percent reduction choices.Soon
- 04How your FERS retirement income is taxedHow your pension, the supplement, and TSP withdrawals are taxed at the federal level, and why state treatment varies.Soon
- 05FERS disability retirement, explainedHow a FERS disability annuity is computed differently from a regular retirement, and who qualifies.Soon
- 06Divorce and court orders: dividing the TSP and annuityHow a court order can divide your TSP and FERS annuity, and what a COAP does.Soon
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