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Use this guide to waive or cancel coverage during the Federal Employees Health Benefits, or FEHB, open season.
When you waive or cancel coverage, you will not be able to reenroll in FEHB coverage again until you experience a qualifying life event or participate in next year’s FEHB open season.
From the HR Links homepage, select the Open Season tile. The tile includes the date Open Season ends (ex: Open Season through Dec 8th).
After reading the instructions, select the Open Season enrollment box to begin the process of waiving or canceling benefits.
Select the FEHB tile to waive or cancel coverage.
In the Select Your Coverage section, select the Waive/Cancel Coverage button.
The page will update, indicating that you selected to not take any coverage. If this is correct, select the Save and Continue button.
In the Verification of Marital Status section, select a marital status from the dropdown menu to identify your Marital Status. Your change will be immediately recognized by the system. Select the Submit button to finalize your election.
A confirmation screen will appear. Select the OK button to return to the Benefits Enrollment page.
You will receive an email confirmation of your benefit elections shortly. You have successfully waived or cancelled your FEHB coverage for Open Season.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2023 and 09/30/2026.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
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