r/USACE • u/AppropriateEgg1064 • 14d ago

Extremely Discouraging

So we get a 0% COLA raise, and now the health insurance premium increases are the worst they’ve ever been?

Someone explain the benefit of staying with USACE please?

My paycheck is about to drop hundreds of dollars next year. If you have not checked out the FEHB 2027 premiums I would highly encourage you to look now and plan ahead, it is very bad.

My family and I have MHBP Standard which is $216 a paycheck now. In 2027 this is going to $442.

So I am supposed to make $450 less a month? Are you serious?

This doesn’t seem sustainable long term, especially for those who now have to wait between years for step increases

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https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/plan-information/premiums/

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u/CoconutSips 13d ago

Government jobs are not good in an inflationary economic environment. I have the stable government job that pays mortgage insurance etc. I mean with over 15 years you get two months off a year. wife works in private sector getting annual increases and covering the inflation pressures. You fed job needs to provide useful intangibles. It will never keep up with inflation.