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Open Season is fast approaching. The Postal
Reform Acto of 2022 requires the creation of a new health
benefit program, within FEHB, that will be exclusive to US
Postal Service employees. This new program, the Postal
Service Health Benefit Program (PSHBP) will still be
part of FEHB and will still be administered by the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
During Open Season 2024,
all employees and retirees
will: a) Be moved
into a PSHBP plan, b) Choose
a PSHBP plan, or c) be placed
into a PSHBP plan. You control which happens to you.
All employees should receive a letter in October informing them
if their current health plan is being offered in the new PSHBP.
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If your current FEHB plan is
offered in PSHBP, and you want to stay with that plan, you
will not have to do anything. You will be slotted in
that same plan PSHBP.
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If your present plan is
not offered in PSHBP,
OR you want to
change plans, you will make a selection.
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If your present plan is not offered
in PSHBP and you do
not
make a selection, OPM will
place you in the cheapest plan that does not
have a deductible and you will be stuck in that plan until
the nest Open Season.
All employees should receive a letter
in October informing them if their current health plan is being
offered in the new PSHBP.
The USPS has been
providing information about the changes which also include the
requirement to enroll in Medicare when you turn
65, or stop working (whichever comes first). An
informational booklet was sent to all employees in August.
If you did not receive this booklet you can find it
HERE.
The USPS is also
conducting virtual meetings to deiscuss PSHBP and Medicare
Integration. These meetigns are open to all employees and
retirees. The meetings are held twice per month, two times
per day usually at 1200 pm and 400 pm. You can participate
on your computer, cell phone, landline or tablet.
TEXT "PSHBP" to
39369
to receive
notifications of virutal meetings on PSHBP / Medicare
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