No doubt you've heard. Price hikes for health insurance for federal employees coming next year. Big ones. Open season is coming soon, so it all brings lots of questions. For retirees, a smaller cost of living increase is likely. I got more from the vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton.

Plus, federal employees looking to retire at the end of December have just a few months to get all their paperwork in order. But with a 14-page application form, there are plenty of little details they’ll need to think about sooner rather than later. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman got more from federal retiree Abe Grungold of AG financial services.

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