This is a reminder that NTEU members have access to the Consumers’ Checkbook’s online Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants by visiting www.nteu.org during FEHB open season (November 13 – December 11, 2023). You can find the link in two places on the website—under the “Benefits” tab in either the “Shopping and Other Discounts” section or the “Insurance” section. The links are imbedded within the language that will show as blue writing in the paragraph under Consumers’ Checkbook. All NTEU members who currently or are planning to participate in Federal Employees Health Benefit (FEHB) plans or the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) will find this online tool useful when making decisions regarding maintaining or changing health and dental insurance plans.

This online guide is an innovative way to obtain reliable, useful information about the many health plans available under the FEHB and make fast, easy, personalized plan comparisons. The guide compares and ranks plans based on total costs including account premiums and estimated out-of-pocket costs (e.g., deductibles, co-payments, and prescription drugs); and on the yearly maximum that an enrollee could possibly have to payout-of-pocket. The guide will also offer comparisons of the FEDVIP dental and vision plans available to federal employees. The site has been praised for its ease of use. Members will be able to compare plan costs, review quality ratings, consider plan features, and gauge plan flexibility on issues like choice of doctors and other factors.