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.
Where does it hurt?
Most federal retirements come apart in the same few places. If any of these sound familiar, you're in the right waiting room.
- Confused about FERS vs. TSP timing?
Most federal employees retire with the wrong sequence. We diagnose what to draw and when.
- FEHB → Medicare coordination?
The 60-day window after retirement breaks more retirements than anything else. Don't miss it.
- Got a CHFEBC or 'fed specialist' on the phone?
Get a second opinion from the person who trains those specialists.
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.
What every federal employee should know.
Office Hours opens every week.
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Dr. Fed Ed exists to teach you. Implementation is optional — and it's never the next sentence.
Shawn built the curriculum that today's federal benefits specialists learn from.
Federal employees are not a sub-segment here — they're the entire practice.