Postal Service Health Benefits and the FEHBP: The Urgent Case for Getting Reform Right

By Walton J. Francis – September 14, 2016 The 2016 Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714) proposes shifting postal retirees’ primary health care coverage from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to Medicare. Proponents call this a consensus proposal for integrating the FEHBP with Medicare. It is not. The proposal’s impact on both postal…

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USPS Flag Reminder: POW-MIA Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 16

National POW-MIA Recognition Day, one of six days each year that Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag, is Friday, Sept. 16. The flag honors those who were prisoners of war and those who are missing in action. All USPS facilities must display the POW-MIA flag. The POW-MIA flag must fly below…

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