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I've looked online, but haven't found specifics about the health insurance that dodea employees get through the FEHB program. What are people's thoughts about your health insurance, especially if you have kids? Are you happy with it? Are the premiums high? Coverage good? Any complaints? Thanks for your input.

P.S. Thanks to haha and teach to all of the answers you give on this site!
happyteacher Also, what about sick leave/personal leave? Is it accrued the same way all government employees accrue it? I'm assuming no annual leave since we have summer off.
Feb 28, 2017
haha We're pretty happy with the insurance (and we've had to make a lot of use of it unfortunately). Premiums for a family of 3 are around $300+ a month I think for the high coverage. In some locations the local hospitals etc will bill directly to the insurance and in others you have to pay upfront and get reimbursed (which is usually pretty quick). The...See More
Feb 28, 2017


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