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After your death, your eligible family members will continue to be covered if:

1) You were enrolled for Self and Family, and

2) A family member receives a survivor annuity.

The coverage ends if the survivor annuity terminates. The survivors share of the cost of the plan is the same amount you are paying and will be deducted from the survivor annuity payment. If there is only one survivor annuitant and no other family member is eligible for continued coverage, we will change the enrollment to Self Only coverage. If you die and none of your family members receives a monthly survivor benefit, the family enrollment ends.

You can find more information about coverage for survivor annuitants:

• in the FEHB Handbook chapter on Survivor Annuitants, and
• the FAQs on Coverage for Survivor Annuitants

• Go back to list of questions.