OPM Press Release: New Postal Health Benefits Program a Strong Success
Nearly 1.7 Million Postal Employees and Family Members Enrolled, Sets Stage for Large FEHB Improvement
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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.
In 2025, FEHB enrollees will see largest health premium increase in over a decade
PSHB enrollees, on average, will pay $20 more toward their biweekly health care premiums next year.
PSHB Options to Largely Mirror FEHB Options, Where It Will Have a Parallel Plan
The announcement of rates and coverage terms in both programs could come at any time.
OPM: Automatic Enrollment in Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB)
Postal Service enrollees always have the right to choose their PSHB plan during the Federal Benefits Open Season. This year, Open Season will run from November 11, 2024, through December 9, 2024.
USPS: Policies Set on Automatic Enrollment in New Postal Health Plan
July 9, 2024 OPM has issued guidance on automatic enrollment in the Postal Service Health Benefits program for 2025 if U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees currently covered by the FEHB do not specifically elect an insurance plan in that new program during the open season this fall. Guidance recently posted by OPM, although dated…
USPS: Use PostalEASE to change benefits
December 5, 2023 Postal Service employees can use PostalEASE to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program or the USPS Health Benefits Plan. PostalEASE can be accessed from the Benefits Enrollment Changes section of the Open Season LiteBlue page, or by calling the employee service line at 877-477-3273 and selecting option 1. The Federal Relay Service…
USPS: Info available for new health benefits plan (PSHB)
September 8, 2022 USPS and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have published online FAQs about the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program. The program, also known as PSHB, will begin in 2025 and will provide health insurance to eligible Postal Service employees, annuitants and their eligible family members. PSHB is a new program within…