AFGE Marches Toward 325K Members
May 02, 2024
May/June 2024 Government Standard: AFGE has been smashing organizing goals month after month, and we have no intention of slowing down!
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Federal employees and retirees will pay 6.2% more on average for health insurance premiums next year. This unacceptably high increase will hit millions of Americans in the pocketbook, making coverage less and less affordable and will cause many to drop coverage.
“Like most other Americans, federal employees and retirees have seen their standard of living decline due to stagnant incomes and cost increases for basic goods and services,” AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. said. “This is an unacceptably high increase that will force many families to make difficult decisions about how to pay their bills.”
While employees enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will pay 6.2% more for their insurance premiums starting in January, the government’s share of those premiums will increase just 3.7%, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
One bright spot for next year is that all health plans in the federal program will cover Applied Behavioral Analysis, the most effective known treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders. AFGE lobbied OPM for 10 years to require FEHBP carriers to provide this coverage.
May/June 2024 Government Standard: AFGE has been smashing organizing goals month after month, and we have no intention of slowing down!
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AFGE is asking lawmakers to repeal two controversial rules that have caused public servants to lose two-thirds or even the entire amount of their Social Security benefits.
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AFGE is urging the D.C. government not to close the urgent care clinic at the D.C. Superior Courthouse that each year provides hundreds of individuals with mental health care and substance use treatment.
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