Health Insurance in Retirement

[haffey005]

My husband and I both work for USPS. I will be retiring 8 years before him. Right now we both have our own health insurance. Is there a problem with me switching over to his policy and making it a family policy. Would I have to do this 5 years before I retire. I know there is the 5 year rule as far as being with the same insurance before you retire. Any ideas?

 

[Guest2]

Haffey, have you every been on the USPS website and seen the
retirement videos. I don't work for the Postal Service, but when
I came across those videos, I found them most informative.

I believe you should keep your FEHB and find the cheapest one
for self. I forget why they said this. But the video definately did
cover that very same question. Here's the links;

http://www.connectlive.com/events/uspsretirement/redirectindex.html

http://uspsretirement.connectlive.com/

http://uspsretirement.connectlive.com/fers.html

 

[haffey005]

Thanks for the info, I will be looking into it.

 

[Guest2]

Thanks for the info, I will be looking into it.

I just went through some of the video and couldn't find the specific
section that I remembered covering Health Plan Benefits. If I got it
wrong, sorry, but if you never seen the videos, they still may be of
some help to you. Your Most Welcome !

 

[luv2read]

self only is cheaper than self and family. Both of my parents are retired feds, both are Medicare primary and BCBS secondary, self-only.

 

[Warrenlm]

Haffey, have you every been on the USPS website and seen the
retirement videos. I don't work for the Postal Service, but when
I came across those videos, I found them most informative.

I believe you should keep your FEHB and find the cheapest one
for self. I forget why they said this. But the video definately did
cover that very same question. Here's the links;

http://www.connectlive.com/events/uspsretirement/redirectindex.html

http://uspsretirement.connectlive.com/

http://uspsretirement.connectlive.com/fers.html

Thanks for these links. The first one worked for me and I found out some things new (to me) already. The second and third links won't work for me and I get a "not authorized" page