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  2. Federal Employees Health Benefits Program - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Employees Health Benefits ( FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government. The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one ...

  3. The Pros and Cons of Obamacare - Healthline

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    Cons. Outlook. Some pros of Obamacare include more affordable health insurance and coverage for preexisting health conditions, while some cons include people having to pay higher premiums. The ...

  4. Medicare and FEHB Coverage | Healthline.com

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    The Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) program provides health insurance to federal employees and their dependents. Federal employers are eligible to keep FEHB after retirement. FEHBs can ...

  5. Bostock v. Clayton County - Wikipedia

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    Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity. The plaintiff, Gerald Bostock, was fired from his county job after he ...

  6. Employee benefits - Wikipedia

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    Employee benefits in the United States include relocation assistance; medical, prescription, vision and dental plans; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; retirement benefit plans (pension, 401 (k), 403 (b) ); group term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans; income protection plans (also known ...

  7. The Additional Medicare Tax: What It Is and Who Pays It

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    Takeaway. The Additional Medicare Tax is a .09% tax on taxpayers who make over $200,000 as individuals or $250,000 for married couples. Started in 2013 as a part of the Affordable Care Act, it ...

  8. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the life expectancy for the US population was 77.0 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019. Life expectancy fell again in 2021 to 76.4 years, which has been attributed to COVID-19 and rising death rates from suicide, drug overdoses and liver disease. [84]

  9. Biometric Screening: What Is It and What’s Tested? - Healthline

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    A biometric screening is a clinical screening that’s done to measure certain physical characteristics. It can be used to assess your: height. weight. body mass index (BMI) blood pressure. blood ...