Like most of my fellow USPS employees, I want and am dedicated to keeping the USPS a successful and financially viable American Institution that provides the most cost-effective communication and universal service to all Americans, just as our Founding Fathers established and intended the Post Office to remain. And like many of my fellow USPS…
Legislation to reform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been introduced early in the 115th Congress in the House. NARFE opposes the bill, H.R. 756, and is aggressively lobbying against the bill in its current form. Postal reform legislation has not yet been introduced in the Senate this Congress. Summary of H.R. 756, The Postal…
By Ian Smith – February 1, 2017 Legislation has been introduced in the House to make a number of reforms to the Postal Service. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756) would make pension funding reforms, allow for postal rate increases and even allow the Postal Service to provide non-postal services in some…
By Walton J. Francis – November 16, 2016 The 2016 Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714) is pending before Congress and may be considered in the lame-duck session in December 2016. The bill would force age-65 postal annuitants to purchase duplicative Medicare Part B medical insurance, despite already paying for better insurance under the Federal…
Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU: I put together these spreadsheets for the 2016 Health Plan Open Season. They contain health, dental and vision cost comparisons. I hope they assist you in your decision. Health Plan Comparisons Dental Plan Comparisons Vision Plan Comparisons Also See: Healthcare & Insurance – Compare Plans…
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016: H.R. 5714 would change the laws that govern the operation of the Postal Service (USPS), restructure how the federal government pays for health benefits for federal employees and annuitants, and alter how the federal government calculates the contributions that…
The Postal Bulletinâs latest edition features a primer on the health, vision and dental coverage available during this yearâs open season, which runs from Nov. 14-Dec. 12. Open season is the annual period when Postal Service employees can change their health benefits or enroll in a new plan. The cover story explains how the enrollment…
The Postal Service will hold three webinars for employees who want to learn more about the offerings available during this yearâs open season benefits enrollment period. Hereâs the schedule: Friday, Nov. 18, from 3-4 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 2-3 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 3-4 p.m. EST Each webinar will include updates…
