As you begin to approach retirement, it can be difficult to navigate the steps towards this massive change while keeping your federal employee health insurance intact. However, it’s actually not too difficult, and if you follow the five-year-rule, you can retire without stress.
As you begin to approach retirement, it can be difficult to navigate the steps towards this massive change while keeping your federal employee health insurance intact. However, it’s actually not too difficult, and if you follow the five-year-rule, you can retire without stress.
In this episode, Dan Sipe and Ed Zurndorfer discuss everything you need to know if you are considering retiring by the final day of this year, and how to ensure that you will be getting the most out of your retirement from federal service without paying premiums on health insurance.
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