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If you have been waiting for or planning on the federal long term care insurance, we have some important, albeit potentially disappointing, news regarding the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) [1]. Right now, you can’t apply for new coverage or increase your existing coverage [1, 2]. The program has been temporarily paused for […]
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the quiet shift happening all around us in the workplace. You and I have seen so much—we stood as the bedrock of our offices for decades, weathering everything from the first desktop computers to the birth of the internet. But I’ll be honest with you: this new frontier
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An agency in trouble An institution that has bound this nation together since its very founding is, tonight, gasping for its life’s breath. In an unnatural and deeply sobering turn of events, the United States Postal Service has taken a drastic step—one born of necessity but steeped in a profound sense of loss. To stave
A grim reality is unfolding at our nation’s airports—not due to a failure of security, but a failure of leadership in Washington. While the halls of Congress remain insulated by the personal wealth of its members, the men and women of the TSA are being forced to bear the burden of political brinkmanship. There is
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The shadow of a stalled government looms over a weary nation as the great gears of our democracy once again grind to a halt. This is not the result of a natural disaster or a foreign threat, but a man-made crisis born in the marble halls of our own capital. I am reminded of the
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Meat & Social Security As we endure these painful days watching our government shutter its doors—and witnessing the quiet torture of TSA officers working for little more than a “thank you” and IOUs—my mind has naturally turned from our troubled present to a rather grim future. I find myself contemplating that great “Sacred Cow” of
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We often think of retirement as a long-overdue sunset, a time to finally rest. But for many, that horizon is starting to look a bit more like a “silver tsunami”, arriving faster than any of us expected. The reality is that many of our elders are facing a quiet struggle, where fixed incomes like Social
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The federal employee, like any other citizen, faces a sobering reality: you cannot take it with you. For the civil servant, the Thrift Savings Plan has long been a fortress of financial security, but tonight we look at the cracks in that fortress. Consider a devoted retiree who spent thirty years building a nest egg
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YOU MAY BE ABLE KEEP A POLICY PERMANETLY, BY A CONVERSION PROCESS, at a REDUCE COST or YOU MAY QUALIFY TO SELL YOUR FEGLI POLICY DO NOT CANCEL BEFORE YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO ALL OPTIONS You’ve reached age 65, and you’re looking at that FEGLI deduction on your retirement check. It’s climbing higher than a Rocky Mountain trail.
You’ve seen them—the quiet neighbors who always seem to have the time for a morning stroll, whose lawn is a little too perfect. They are the federal retirees. And while most of us see the destination, few truly understand the map it took to get there. Planning for retirement, you see, isn’t something you do
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