[riverdawg]

This is really a non-story. Five current insurance providers are dropping out and will be replaced by five new ones. This is a minor inconvenience for the relatively small number of affected workers. At least these workers have several alternatives. In many private sector companies, there might be a choice among HMO, PPO, and traditional,indemnity plans, but no choice within any of the options.

[22202NOVA]

Open season for insurance plans and other things like that starts Monday. The affected people can choose another plan. That said, I’ve never heard of an FEHB plan going out of business like this.