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Federal Dental & Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
The new Federal Employees Dental and
Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) is available to eligible Federal
and Postal employees, retirees, and their eligible family members on an
enrollee-pay-all basis. This program allows dental and vision insurance
to be purchased on a group basis which means competitive premiums and no
pre-existing condition limitations. Premiums for enrolled Federal and Postal
employees will be withheld from salary on a pre-tax basis. Enrollment
takes place during the upcoming FEHB open season Monday, November 12 through
Monday, December 10, 2007.
Eligible individuals can enroll in a dental plan and/or a vision plan.
They may enroll in a plan for self-only, self plus one, or self and family coverage.
Eligible family members include an enrollee's spouse and unmarried dependent
children under the age of 22, or if age 22 or older, incapable of self-support.
The rules for family members' eligibility are the same as they are for the FEHB Program.
Employees must be eligible for the FEHB Program in order to be eligible to enroll in
FEDVIP. It does not matter if they are actually enrolled in FEHB - eligibility is the key.
Annuitants are eligible to enroll in FEDVIP no matter what their FEHB status is.
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