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Federal employees under both Medicare and FEHB could see much higher insurance costs if they pick the wrong plan.
Source: https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/02/06/how-to-get-fehb-to-pay-for-medicare-premiums/
FEHB covers about 8 million people, but OPM doesn’t have a precise estimate of how many of those are actually ineligible members, and at what cost.
On January 9, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that FEHB is riddled with ineligible “participants” who are receiving benefits under the program.
Source: https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/01/24/house-committee-wants-answers-on-ineligible-fehb-participants/
The end of the public health emergency allows FEHB carriers the opportunity to institute out-of-pocket costs for laboratory and over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests and to stop providing out-of-network coverage for COVID-19 vaccines.
There are also local FEHB MA plans available from Humana, Kaiser, UnitedHealthcare, and UPMC that between them cover most states.
Source: https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2023/03/medicare-part-d-changes-federal-annuitants/383469/
You can find benefit changes in section 2 of the official FEHB plan brochure.
Source: https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2023/12/last-minute-open-season-advice/392415/