OPM Announces 2025 Open Season – November 10 through December 8
“During Open Season, we want to give enrollees the opportunity to review their coverage, compare coverage options, and make the choice that is right for them,”
Federal Employees Health Benefits
NALC: The PSHBP/FEHBP transition and your Jan. 17 paycheck
Please note that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reports that there will be a delay in processing some PSHB participants’ change of enrollment forms (Form 2809).
OPM OIG Report: Communication will be key in upcoming launch of new Postal health insurance program
IG is anticipating OPM may face challenges during the program’s inaugural Open Season.
OPM: 2025 Rate Charts for Postal Service Health Benefits Premiums
In 2025, the employer contribution rate for PSHB plans is the same across all Postal labor unions and management associations, except for USPS non-career employees or where specified otherwise in a collective bargaining agreement.
Maximus Awarded OPM $20 Million Contract for New Postal Service Health Benefits Program
$20 million contract from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to serve as the Contact Center Services Provider for the agency’s new Postal Service Health Benefits Program
NALC: Postal Service Health Benefits – What every Letter Carrier needs to know
In 2022, The Postal Service Reform Act repealed the USPS’s unfair pre-funding mandate, ensuring six-day delivery and creating the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program within the existing Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. These accomplishments benefit the long-term financial stability of the USPS, which in turn benefits letter carriers. This month’s Postal Record discusses … Read more
USPS: Open Season 2023 Virtual Event
Register now to attend a live Virtual Benefits Fair session where you can chat with Benefits Partners, Specialists, view documents and more. Sunday, November 12, 2023: Open Season 101 Webinar 1pm EST Thursday, November 16, 2023: Live Virtual Day 11am – 3pm EST Monday, November 20, 2023: Live Virtual Day 8am – 12pm EST Saturday, … Read more
APWU Retiree Member’s thoughts on PSHP & WEP/GPO
I’m a current APWU member & USPS retiree. As such, I feel that the APWU & other unions have let us retirees down in the worst way. I worked my entire careers being told I’ll have the very best health care -the same FEHP used by all federal employees at all levels. Yet, now that … Read more