Dental-Vision Program Premiums also Coming

OPM also expects to make final contract awards at the end of this month and announce in September the premiums for the new Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Program, an offering that will be separate from the FEHB but whose open seasons will run concurrent with the FEHB open seasons, starting in November. OPM will conduct an educational campaign in the period leading up to the open season. There will be several carriers for each of the types of coverage; employees and retirees will be free to choose either type, both or neither.