The two main factors that affect the value of your federal retirement benefit are your high-three average salary and your ...

Last week's column about the best time to apply for Social Security prompted some comments and questions from employees who are covered under the Civil Service Retirement System Offset. CSRS Offset is ...

Determining whether a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retiree can collect spousal Social Security benefits isn't always easy. Typically, because those under CSRS do not pay into Social Security ...

The same inflation that continues to take a toll on household finances resulted in a historic 2023 cost-of-living adjustment increase. The 8.7 percent COLA is the largest in 42 years and will boost ...

Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about cost sharing reductions — federal reimbursements to insurance companies that are key to the Affordable Care Act. In ...

The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 5.9%, giving federal retirees the highest annual benefit increase in 40 years ...

The number of uninsured Americans could increase by 9.4 million if the federal government stops funding cost-sharing reductions, which help insurers offset the cost of offering eligible ACA health ...

In your column titled "Windfall elimination and CSRS," I think you missed the mark. Your questioner stated that his federal pension would be reduced at age 62. I believe that his question was ...