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Your Federal Benefits,Diagnosed.

Plain-spoken answers on FERS, TSP, FEHB and Medicare — from K. Shawn McCoy, the educator who has trained federal benefits specialists for 18 years. No hype. No surprise disclosures. Just the right diagnosis.

39years in financial services
18years training fed-benefits pros
50+insurance carriers represented
K. Shawn McCoy — Dr. Fed Ed
K. Shawn McCoy
Founder · Dr. Fed Ed
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Confused about FERS vs. TSP timing?
Most federal employees retire with the wrong sequence. We diagnose what to draw and when.
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FEHB → Medicare coordination?
The 60-day window after retirement breaks more retirements than anything else. Don't miss it.
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Got a CHFEBC or 'fed specialist' on the phone?
Get a second opinion from the person who trains those specialists.
A Second Opinion · The Podcast

A weekly second opinion on your federal benefits.

Each week K. Shawn McCoy sits down with retired federal employees, agency HR veterans and benefits attorneys to unpack one decision that matters — clearly, calmly, and without the fund-pitch.

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Office Hours with Dr. Fed Ed · Weekly

Office Hours opens every week.

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Independent
No fund pitches. No lead-fee specialists.

Dr. Fed Ed exists to teach you. Implementation is optional — and it's never the next sentence.

Educator-led
18 years training the trainers.

Shawn built the curriculum that today's federal benefits specialists learn from.

Federal-only
One audience. One expertise.

Federal employees are not a sub-segment here — they're the entire practice.