The TSP recently released the results of its 3rd-party audit for Calendar Year 2013. While most of the findings are a snoozer, what continues to amaze me is that almost a majority of assets in the TSP are invested in the G Fund.
Category Archives: Federal Employee Benefits
Has ObamaCare made FEHB a Better Health Plan?
Recently the OPM director declared that ObamaCare has made FEHB a better health plan for Feds.
Funny, I thought that the OPM Director position was a non-partisan office. Silly me.
Where do I start on this one? Let’s see. Continue reading
Does FSAFEDS benefit fall short of private sector FSAs?
Right now it does.
Recently the IRS issued Notice 3013-71, which allows employees with Medical Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA’s) to carryover up to $500 from one FSA plan year to the next. Previously, all monies in an FSA were ‘use or lose’ – That is, nobody was allowed to carryover FSA account balances from one year to the following plan year. Any money not claimed from your FSA account balance at the end of the plan year gets vaporized.
Thankfully, this ruling takes effect automatically in Private Sector Medical FSA’s that do not already have a ‘carryover’ provision (currently some private plans have a grace period of up to 85 days).
For Federal Employees, the problem is that OPM has to change the FSAFEDS regulations in order to implement the IRS’ newly-allowable $500/1-year FSA carryover. Currently FSAFEDS operates Medical Flex Spending Accounts in ‘Use or Lose’ mode.
Until Congress and OPM take action, Private Sector FSAs are a better deal- That is, they are much more ‘Flexible’- than Federal Employee FSAs.
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The Ryan-Murray Budget Deal cuts Veteran and Fed Benefits
Sen. Murray and Rep. Ryan recently inked a compromise to avert another government shutdown. Here’s how the Deal affects Federal Employees and Veterans.
Short answer: No effect on benefits for Active Military and Active Feds, minor effect on Retired NG/Reserves, much effect on Active Duty Retired Veterans, Retired Feds, and Future Feds.