Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Plan Brochures – Coming Soon
Plan brochures are the official statements of benefits for plans offered through the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. Each plan brochure contains descriptions of benefits, limitations, exclusions, and definitions. While the PSHB enrollment portal allows you to compare plans to see what coverage best meets your needs, we recommend ...
2025 Rural Carrier Benefit Plan Premiums and Open Season Flyer
Below please find the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) Premiums for 2025 with a comparison to comparable plans ...
New centralized page for all things PSHB – Postal Service Heath Benefit Plan
So I created a page at Ruralinfo.net where you can find the top links AND access our interactive premium tables. The tables should work on mobile now, and I added the HMO table. As new info comes out, I will add it on this page so be sure and bookmark ...
What PSHB plans offer Medicare Premium Reimbursement for retirees?
Some plans in the PSHB offer Medicare Premium Reimbursement to retirees up to a certain dollar amount. We have added a new page to Ruralinfo.net on the current options for Medicare Premium Reimbursement ...
Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Premium Rates
Notice for USPS employees: 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. If you are a Postal service employee and have questions or require ...
Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program premiums will be slightly lower than those for FEHB
Premium rates for FEHB change every year, but they inevitably increase to some extent. The percentage increases for FEHB premiums are an average, meaning some plan options will have smaller cost increases, while others will have larger ones. In contrast, premium increases for new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program participants ...
OPM Announces Resources for Postal Service Health Benefit Program Enrollees
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today shared new enrollee resources ahead of the inaugural launch of the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program this Open Season. Resources include a new landing page with details for PSHB enrollees; information about auto-enrollment where Postal employees will be automatically transitioned from their current plan ...
Automatic Enrollment in Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB)
The PSHB Program is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, which will provide health insurance to eligible Postal Service employees, Postal Service annuitants, and their eligible family members starting January 1, 2025. Learn more about PSHB. OPM is working to make the transition to PSHB ...
There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees
Since eligible PSHB participants aren’t required to be enrolled in Medicare Part D — the section of Medicare that provides coverage of prescription drugs — OPM has planned for an option to opt out of the coverage, if a PSHB participant desires. But there is a crucial catch: Medicare-eligible USPS ...
Virtual Seminar on New Postal Service Health Benefits Program to be held Tuesday, July 30
USPS employees may participate in an upcoming virtual seminar on the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. The session will be held Tuesday, July 30, from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern. PSHB — which takes effect in 2025 — is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health ...
Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Updates
Special Enrollment Period: If you were an annuitant entitled to Medicare Part A (typically at age 65) as of Jan. 1, 2024, and did not enroll in Medicare Part B, you and your covered eligible family members may be able to participate in a one-time PSHB Special Enrollment Period (SEP) ...
OPM tweaks its final rule for the postal health benefits plan
The Office of Personnel Management issued its final rule establishing the health benefits program for U.S. Postal Service employees, annuitants and beneficiaries, offering small clarifications ahead of an anticipated Jan. 1 rollout. The Postal Service Health Benefits program, established by the 2022 Postal Service Reform Act, will provide an estimated 1.9 ...
Employees can attend seminars on the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program
USPS is holding a series of virtual seminars on the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program that takes effect Jan. 1, 2025. PSHB is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and will be administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. USPS employees, annuitants ...
OPM Releases List of Conditionally Approved Postal Service Health Benefits Program Carrier Applicants for New Centralized System
Postal Services Health Benefits Program Will Provide a Customer Friendly System Covering Nearly Two Million USPS Employees, Annuitants, and Family Members Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a list of conditionally approved carrier applicants today to participate in OPM’s new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program ...
Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Five-Part Educational Video Series
Video 1 - Intro to PSHB and Medicare Video 1 gives background on the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA) which created the PSHB Program, a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Video 1 also covers how the PSHB Program integrates with Medicare Part B, ...
For Retirees – FEHB plans that offer Medicare reimbursement for 2024
There are 29 FEHB plans offering a total of 38 options that continue to reimburse some or all of the Part B premium for members enrolled in the plan’s Medicare Advantage Plan and Medicare Part B: Aetna Advantage (Advantage Option) Aetna Direct (Consumer Option) APWU (High Option) Compass Rose (High ...
Open Season resources
Open season, the once-a-year opportunity for Postal Service employees to make changes to their health coverage or choose a new plan, is Nov. 13-Dec. 11 ...