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Being under 62 does not protect annuitants from inflation and increased FEHB premiums.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reg\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With limited exceptions, COLAs are not payable to FERS retirees until they reach age 62. The exceptions are for law enforcement officers, firefighters and air traffic controllers, military reserve technicians who lost their military status due to medical reasons and were age 50 with at least 25 years of service, special CIA employees and disability retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These provisions have been a matter of law since FERS came on line in 1983. There have been no efforts to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got a question for the Federal Times expert? 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