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Originally Posted by Stan446 (Post 3250034)

I agree. I just stated the cost of the purple and orange plans. The buy up, which I currently have was about $2,000. I've got 3 years to go and haven't decided yet. I'll probably go at 59 so I have 401k access. Enjoy your retirement.

Thank you. I hope I will.

It seems like the best pre-65 health insurance option for those who don’t have Tricare, is to start out with 18 months of Cobra (if you retired when you had the buy-up plan, you can use Cobra to keep the same plan for much cheaper). Then go with the high deductible plan (just like the buy-up plan with higher deductibles), and switch back to the buy-up for years where you think you’ll have higher expenses, or every now and then just to get your medical stuff taken care of that year.

That is, if you’re a fan of the buy-up plan. I know many people like the purple plan, but I was always too lazy to investigate that one. It does concern me that the cost of these plans always go up, and FedEx’s contribution of $4813 never increases one dollar.

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Originally Posted by busdriver12 (Post 3249774)

It depends upon the insurance you choose. For our comprehensive buyup plan, it’s more like approx 24K per year for you and your spouse, and increasing every year. Maybe half that for the high deductible plan. You can switch back and forth from these plans every year if you choose. Basically FedEx pays $4813 towards your pre-65 retirement medical, and same amount for your spouse. The amount never changes, though premiums go up every year. This is based upon 1993 rates and has never changed. As far as getting it fixed the next contract, well, we’ve had plenty of chances, and it’s still the same as it was 28 years ago.😳 People need to scream and yell about this one, but most people aren’t even aware of how badly this part of the contract sucks.

And we can retire at less than age 60. I am. The cut in pension benefits is not that significant, if you have your 25 years and high five.

sure you are 😉🙄

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Originally Posted by FDX1 (Post 3251437)

sure you are 😉🙄

if you see me around come October, feel free to ***** slap me into a stupor.😁

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Originally Posted by busdriver12 (Post 3251839)

if you see me around come October, feel free to ***** slap me into a stupor.😁

You’re my hero.

RST is good. EC seems to be popular as well

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Originally Posted by reandld (Post 3251877)

RST is good. EC seems to be popular as well

RST and ECIC caters for two different parts of the interview. RST is geared towards the first day of the interview, i.e., Cog and knowledge test. ECIC is geared towards the second day of the interview, i.e., SBI & HR.

There are some guys in my interview who used Spitfire for SBI and they all seems to loved it as well.

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Originally Posted by Rock (Post 3251876)

You’re my hero.

If I knew retiring early was all it would take to be someone’s hero, I would have done it a long time ago.😬