{"id":906,"date":"2025-10-22T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/?page_id=906"},"modified":"2025-11-01T17:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:12:49","slug":"open-season","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/meetings-events\/events\/open-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-840 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2025-Open-Season.jpg\" alt=\"Federal Benefits open season from November 10 to December 8, 2025\" width=\"319\" height=\"140\">Open Season will run from November 10 through December 8th<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Open Season starts every year on the Monday of the second full work week in November and ends on the Monday of the second full work week in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NARFE NATIONAL<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/open-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Open Season Resources<\/strong><\/a><br>\n<strong>NARFE WEBINARS<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/federal-benefits-institute\/narfe-webinars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Season Webinars<\/a><\/strong> are scheduled in October and November<\/p>\n<p>For 2026, federal employees and retirees will see an average premium increase of 12.3% for FEHB and 11.3% for PSHB, which is the second consecutive year of double-digit increases. Individuals should review their plan options, as some plans will no longer be available for 2026.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-843 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/FEHB-Open-Seaon.jpg\" alt=\"Federal Employee Health Benefits\" width=\"316\" height=\"222\"><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><br>\nFEHB Health Insurance Plans 2026<\/strong><br>\nFull Sets of Rate Charts<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/healthcare-insurance\/healthcare\/plan-information\/premiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPM premiums FEHB<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2025-FEHB-FFS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationwide FEHB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-FEHB-HMO-NY-only.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HMO for New York area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-FEHB-HMO-Misc-States.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HMO for our members in other states<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-842 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2025-PSHB.png\" alt=\"Postal Service Health Benefits\" width=\"316\" height=\"177\"><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>PSHB Health Insurance Plans 2026<\/strong><br>\nFull Sets of Rate Charts<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/healthcare-insurance\/pshb\/premiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPM Premiums PSHB<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-PSHB-FFS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationwide PSHB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-PSHB-HMO-NY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSHB HMO for New York area<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-839 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2025-FEDVIP.png\" alt=\"Dental and Vision insurance\" width=\"340\" height=\"194\">FEDVIP Vision and Dental Plans 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) will have 11 dental carriers and 5 vision carriers. Both dental and vision premiums are scheduled to increase, with an average dental premium increase of 3.3% and an average vision premium increase of 0.5%. Some FEDVIP plans will not be available next year, so enrollees should check for changes and choose a new plan during the open season.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/healthcare-insurance\/dental-vision\/plan-information\/plan-premiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPM FEDVIP Premiums<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-FEDVIP-Dental-and-Vision-Rates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEDVIP Dental and Vision Premiums<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/10\/2026-Dental-Rating-Regions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEDVIP Dental Rating Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"pe-button text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a \t\t\t\thref=\"\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-content  btn-primary \">\n\t\t\t\t<span>BACK TO TOP<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Season begins November 10, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840,"parent":31,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-906","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions\/1006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}