A sign, seen July 11, 2025, directs visitors to the entrance of Alaska Regional Hospital entrance and adjacent medical buildings. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Larry Humphreys, a retired ...

Federal employees and retirees will pay an average of 12.3% more toward their health insurance premiums in 2026, marking the second consecutive year of double-digit cost increases. The government’s ...

Rates are going up steeply for health insurance under the Federal Employee Health Benefits program (FEHB) for the second year in a row, an average increase of 12.3% in 2026, following 2025’s average ...

According to Office of Personnel Management data, as of September 2024, around 5% -- or roughly 100,000 -- of the federal workforce was older than 65. Considering the large number of employees taking ...

Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife will not be traveling much next year after their monthly health insurance premium ...