Open Season Window Soon to Close

Open Season, which began on November 10 for most benefits, is the annual benefits enrollment period, when you can enroll in or make changes to your medical, dental or vision coverage, or enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts.

It’s an opportunity to decide if you need to make a change to your health benefits based on your or your family’s expected health care needs for 2015.

Unless you experience a Qualifying Life Event, this is your only opportunity during the year to enroll or change coverage in:

•      Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
•      USPS Non-Career Employee Health Benefits Plan (NCEHB)
•      Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
•      Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

The 2015 Guides to Benefits and the FSA Booklet are conveniently located on the LiteBlue Open Season page. You will not receive them in the mail this year.

In addition to the Guides, the LiteBlue Open Season page provides more information about open season dates, as well as resources and tools available through OPM.gov to help you find the right health plan for you. For example, you can use OPM.gov’s Plan Comparison Tool to find available health plans in your area and compare up to four plans side-by-side.

Once you’ve made your decision, you can make your selection through PostalEASE, which you can access through the LiteBlue Open Season page.

New health plan enrollments and changes made during the 2014 Open Season will be effective January 10, 2015 (Pay Period 03-15).