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NOTICE: 2025 Enrollment for Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) Members

ATTENTION RCBP Members: The Rural Carrier Benefit Plan is still receiving and processing enrollment requests from OPM for the new Postal Service Health Benefit (PSHB) plan effective 1/1/25. If you need medical care and have not yet received your ID card in the mail, please contact Aetna Customer Service at 1-800-638-8432. ID cards can also … Read more

NRLCA – UPDATE: Social Security Fairness Act Signed Into Law

UPDATE: On Sunday, January 5, 2025, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law at a bill signing ceremony at the White House. This landmark bipartisan legislation repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Both GPO and WEP unfairly reduce, or in some cases eliminate, Social Security benefits earned … Read more

UPDATE: H.R. 82, The Social Security Fairness Act, Passes Senate

UPDATE: On Saturday, December 21, the Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), legislation that would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), by a vote of 76-20.  Thank you to our members who contacted their senators in support of this legislation! The bill now heads to President Biden … Read more

EMA to Decrease to 95.0 Cents Per Mile Effective December 28, 2024

On December 11, 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 270.140, a decrease from the August 2024 Index of 276.426. Therefore, based on the November 2024 CPI-W release, the Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for rural … Read more

Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program Open Season Extended Through Friday, December 13, 2024

Open Season Extension Announcement In order to provide  Postal Service employees and Postal Service annuitants with additional time to review and/ or change their health insurance enrollment during this inaugural Postal Service Health Benefits Program (PSHBP) year, OPM is extending Open Season through Friday, December 13, 2024, for the PSHBP.  This extension does not include the Federal Employees … Read more

UPDATE: H.R. 82, The Social Security Fairness Act Passes House

UPDATE: On Tuesday, November 12, the House passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), legislation that would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), under a suspension of the rules by a 327-75 final vote (suspension of the rules requires a 2/3 majority vote) .  Thank you to our … Read more

Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program Open Season Runs from Monday, November 11-Monday, December 9, 2024

The Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program is a new, separate health insurance program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program that will provide coverage to eligible United States Postal Service (USPS) employees, annuitants, and their family members. PSHB plan coverage begins January 1, 2025. Postal Service employees and annuitants can enroll during the 2024 … Read more

NRLCA Thanks postal workers on election day

This Election Day, we want to thank the 655,000 hardworking men and women of the U.S. Postal Service for the tremendous job they have done during the 2024 election season, culminating in today’s all-out effort to ensure every ballot is counted. Rural carriers play a crucial role in ensuring’s the nation’s mail-in ballots are collected … Read more

NRLCA President Maston Visits Tampa Bay Area Following Back-to-Back Hurricanes

Last week, President Maston traveled to Florida with Executive Committeeman Bethany Small to meet with rural carriers to obtain first-hand accounts of the challenges and devastation caused by the unprecedented back-to-back hurricanes. Along with Florida 2&3 DR Natasha Patterson, they travelled to St. Petersburg, Treasure Island, and Tampa and toured several communities that have been … Read more

2025 Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) Premiums and Benefits Summary

Did you know? The Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) is the only plan dedicated to rural letter carriers, annuitants, and their families. Membership is restricted to members of the NRLCA. The RCBP has been providing superior service to rural letter carriers nationwide for more than 60 years. With RCBP, you could save on your 2025 biweekly premiums compared to … Read more