New when will furloughed feds go back to work guesses

[Anonymous]

Different take. Why is our healthcare so exorbitant? Why do we need the government to fund multi billion dollar for profit hospitals? Why do hospital administrators have a salary of $4 million? Why do health insurance executives have multimillion dollar salaries? It’s not that quality healthcare actually costs that much. It’s the greedy individuals ranking in profit off misery.

[Anonymous]

My bet early on was November 13. But I’m thinking it might actually go longer now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My bet early on was November 13. But I’m thinking it might actually go longer now.

I'm betting Nov. 7 or 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My bet early on was November 13. But I’m thinking it might actually go longer now.

Starting to look that way. I’ve been in such a daze that I forgot that November 11th is a week away and we have it off anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As of today, ironically Election Day, this is the longest government shutdown in US History (the second longest was under Trump's first administration). He's broken America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/35-days-government-shutdown-record-longest-history-election-day-rcna241576

Yes. Trump has overseen 60% of all shutdown days in US history.

He and his Republican cronies have turned the USA into a banana republic. Wait until investors start thinking government bonds are too risky to hold-then the economy will really go into freefall.

[Anonymous]

Will there be senate vote tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else following H.R. 1522, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act? It would allow FERS employees to “buy back” prior federal service — including temporary, term, or non-career positions after 1988 — so those years count toward retirement. For many who are close to, but not yet eligible for full retirement, this could help. Apparently it has strong bipartisan support, with more than 100 co-sponsors — likely because it rewards public service while reducing government. It's currently pending in the House Oversight Committee. Similar measures have been introduced before. Hoping this one goes through.

Didn’t know that was in the works but that would be awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different take. Why is our healthcare so exorbitant? Why do we need the government to fund multi billion dollar for profit hospitals? Why do hospital administrators have a salary of $4 million? Why do health insurance executives have multimillion dollar salaries? It’s not that quality healthcare actually costs that much. It’s the greedy individuals ranking in profit off misery.

Nonprofit hospitals AND nonprofit health insurance companies are common in the US. If that solved our problems we would know it by now. Unfortunately it’s much harder to solve because our costs are driven by things we don’t want to change, like that nurses make a living wage and Americans consume a lot of healthcare including expensive diagnostics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else following H.R. 1522, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act? It would allow FERS employees to “buy back” prior federal service — including temporary, term, or non-career positions after 1988 — so those years count toward retirement. For many who are close to, but not yet eligible for full retirement, this could help. Apparently it has strong bipartisan support, with more than 100 co-sponsors — likely because it rewards public service while reducing government. It's currently pending in the House Oversight Committee. Similar measures have been introduced before. Hoping this one goes through.

This is very interesting! I was an unpaid federal intern for 3 summers x 3 months (9 months total). I never thought it was fair it didn’t count towards my years of service. I mean I wasn’t paid so the least would have been to include it in my years of service. Our paid federal interns get it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else following H.R. 1522, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act? It would allow FERS employees to “buy back” prior federal service — including temporary, term, or non-career positions after 1988 — so those years count toward retirement. For many who are close to, but not yet eligible for full retirement, this could help. Apparently it has strong bipartisan support, with more than 100 co-sponsors — likely because it rewards public service while reducing government. It's currently pending in the House Oversight Committee. Similar measures have been introduced before. Hoping this one goes through.

Didn’t know that was in the works but that would be awesome!

Wow, that would make me currently eligible to retire.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the election will help get the shutdown resolved. If there is an agreement (for example new CR date in Jan, pay for feds, and an agreement to vote on healthcare) how soon could that happen, given that the house has not been in session and senate is scheduled to be out next week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the election will help get the shutdown resolved. If there is an agreement (for example new CR date in Jan, pay for feds, and an agreement to vote on healthcare) how soon could that happen, given that the house has not been in session and senate is scheduled to be out next week?

The election results might help end the shutdown. However, the blue wave could also stiffen the resolve of Democrats to try to obtain a more favorable deal. That could result in a longer shutdown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the election will help get the shutdown resolved. If there is an agreement (for example new CR date in Jan, pay for feds, and an agreement to vote on healthcare) how soon could that happen, given that the house has not been in session and senate is scheduled to be out next week?

The election results might help end the shutdown. However, the blue wave could also stiffen the resolve of Democrats to try to obtain a more favorable deal. That could result in a longer shutdown.

It had bleeping well better.

[Anonymous]

Spanberger took one of the few swipes at the Trump administration in her speech when she talked about the furloughs and mass layoffs affecting thousands of federal workers in Virginia. “Virginia’s economy doesn’t work when Washington treats our Virginia workers as expendable,” she said. “And to those across the Potomac who are attacking our jobs and our economy, I will not stand by silently.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Different take. Why is our healthcare so exorbitant? Why do we need the government to fund multi billion dollar for profit hospitals? Why do hospital administrators have a salary of $4 million? Why do health insurance executives have multimillion dollar salaries? It’s not that quality healthcare actually costs that much. It’s the greedy individuals ranking in profit off misery.

why did i see a $3987/month price tag for BCBS that my employer and I pay almost half the price for. Something is wrong.