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If the pandemic gave you an excuse to skip out on a few doctor’s appointments over the last nine months, know that you’re not alone. Perhaps it’s no surprise, but many employees and retirees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) … [Continue reading] about Feds skipped the doctor’s office last year. Will they pay later?
This fall was a volatile period for federal retirement claims – with a noticeable spike in October and mirroring decline the month after. But December seems to have been when activity more or less calmed down, according to numbers released by the … [Continue reading] about Federal retirement mostly steady in December after autumn spike, decline
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace launched a 20-foot (6-meter) prototype rocket, hitting an altitude of a … [Continue reading] about Maine company successfully launches prototype rocket
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond is pausing all men’s basketball activities in response to the results of Sunday’s COVID-19 testing and contact tracing in the Spiders’ program. The decision comes two days after No. 22 Saint Louis, which had traveled to … [Continue reading] about COVID-concerns: Richmond pauses men’s hoops for 3rd time
The number of federal workers and retirees with $1 million or more Thrift Savings Plan accounts jumped to 75,420 as of Dec. 31, 2020. That is up from 49,620 in December of 2019. After the record 11 year bull market corrected more than 30% in March of … [Continue reading] about Bumper crop of TSP millionaires
