Re: [TSPStrategy] Off Topic: Retirement and Health Insurance

Thank you. 

On Thursday, August 5, 2021, 4:48:27 PM EDT, Bill Holzworth <holzworth.bill@gmail.com> wrote:

No. You must have health insurance 5 years before retirement to have health insurance upon retirement.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021, 3:41 PM bill_steele_sr via groups.io <bill_steele_sr=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Just read an article about Federal Retirement and I don't understand the following

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The rule is that an employee must retire under an immediate retirement (one that begins within 30 days after separation) or leave on a "postponed" retirement under the Minimum Retirement Age "MRA +10" or "MRA +20" provisions of FERS. In addition, the employee must be covered by FEHB under his or her own enrollment, or as a family member under a family's (such as a spouse) FEHB enrollment, for the five years of service immediately preceding retirement or since the retiring employee's first opportunity to enroll in FEHB.
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Sooo many words. Is this telling me I have to be married for 5 years for my wife to be included in my post-retirement Health Insurance?

Thanks