PMG Tells Congress: Take Postal Workers Out of Federal Healthcare Program

From the American Postal Workers Union: Healthcare Expert Rejects Claim of Cost Savings Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe urged lawmakers to take postal employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) at a House hearing on March 27, claiming such a move would save the USPS $7 billion annually. The PMG said the […]

OPM Announces 2012 FEHBP Premium Rates

Washington, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced today that the average premium for the 8 million people enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program (FEHBP) will increase by 3.8 percent for non-postal employees and all annuitants in 2012, which is approximately half of last year’s increase of 7.3 percent.

USPS Dangling Incentive For APWU Members To Vote YES On Contract

From a PostalReporter reader: Name withheld upon request from withheld to Lucille Caldwell date Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:17 AM subject PSE’s Health Insurance Did you notice this unusual health insurance provision in the proposed USPS-APWU Tentative National Agreement, buried on pages 173 to 174? The Postal Service is dangling this as an incentive […]

OPM IG Releases Study On USPS OIG’s Proposals to Change USPS Funding of Retiree Benefits

Press Release from the OPM Office Of Inspector General Study of the Risks and Consequences of the USPS OIG’s Proposals to Change USPS’s Funding of Retiree Benefits: Shifting Costs from USPS Ratepayers to Taxpayers’ Washington, DC – (Feb. 28, 2011) Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Inspector General (OPM OIG), […]

Open Season For Health Benefits Starts Monday, Nov. 8

It’s Open Season — the time of year when employees can sign up for benefit programs, change enrollments, or cancel their participation. Open Season for three benefits programs — Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) — begins Monday, Nov. 8. FEHB and […]

Federal Employees 2011 Open Season for Health Benefits, Dental, Vision Insurance and FSA

From the Office Of Personnel Management • The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced that this year’s open season for health benefits, dental and vision insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts will run from November 8 through December 13, 2010. This open season will give federal employees and retirees the opportunity to change their […]

Senate-Passed Health Bill Safeguards FEHBP Risk-Pool, But Taxes Premiums

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin At 7:00 AM on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Senate sent to a yet-to-be-named House-Senate Conference Committee legislation (H.R. 3590) to revamp the nation’s medical marketplace. The Conference Committee will attempt to resolve the differences between the House and Senate-passed bills. The Senate passed its version on a 60-39 party-line vote; […]