Postal Service employees who want to change their health coverage or enroll in a new plan must act now. Open season, the annual period when USPS employees can make benefits changes, ends Friday, Dec. 13, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. This is the deadline to enroll in or make changes to ...

Open season — the once-a-year opportunity for Postal Service employees to make changes to their health benefits or enroll in a new plan — has been extended through Friday, Dec. 13, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The extension covers the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, flexible spending accounts, the Annual ...

High-deductible health plans are one of the options available to Postal Service employees during this year’s open season. Here are some facts about the plans, also called HDHPs: • HDHPs generally offer lower premiums than other plans. This means you’ll have less money taken out of your paycheck. • HDHPs offer greater flexibility. While ...

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 ...

Postal Service employees who want to save on future medical expenses have several options to choose from during this year’s open season, which is underway through Monday, Dec. 9. Employees who enroll in a high-deductible health plan may be eligible to contribute to a health savings account (HSA). An HSA ...

To help USPS employees navigate their way through this year’s open season benefits enrollment period, here are some important definitions for sometimes confusing health insurance terminology: • Copayment: This is a fixed amount paid for certain covered health care services. • Coinsurance: This is similar to a copayment but refers to a percentage paid ...

Some postal annuitants may not be aware of a significant change from last year regarding their prescription drug coverage choices. Under the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program, Medicare-eligible annuitants must retain their Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (MPDP) coverage, or lose prescription drug coverage under their PSHB plan altogether. This ...

Over a week into this year’s Open Season, some enrollees in the new Postal Service Health Benefits program are struggling to review and make changes to their health care options for plan year 2025. It’s unclear how widespread the issues are, but some PSHB participants have experienced difficulties logging in to ...

The Postal Service wants employees to understand the four types of health plans available during this year’s open season. The plan types are: • Health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, which provide care from in-network physicians and hospitals located in particular geographic or service areas; • Preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, ...

A flexible spending account may be a good option for Postal Service employees who wear eyeglasses, visit the dentist more than twice a year, or have other needs. Flexible spending accounts, or FSAs, allow employees to set aside money on a pretax basis to pay for health care and dependent ...

We have gathered the top links and information to make everything easy to find on the new PSHB plan ...

To help Postal Service employees compare health plans during this year’s open season, the organization offers access to Checkbook’s Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees. The online guide has information about all plans available through the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program. Employees can use the comparison tool to find ...

The Postal Service wants employees to know about some important changes concerning the open season benefits enrollment period that began this week. Here’s a rundown: • The new flexible spending account (FSA) program will be administered by Inspira Financial and will include health care, dependent care and limited-purpose flexible spending ...

Open season, the once-a-year opportunity for Postal Service employees to make changes to their health coverage or choose a new plan, begins Monday, Nov. 11, and concludes Monday, Dec. 9. This year’s options will include the Postal Service Health Benefits Program (PSHB), a new, separate program within the Federal Employees ...

USPS employees may participate in upcoming webinars to learn more about health, dental and vision plan options within the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program. The program — also known as PSHB — is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and will be administered by ...

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 ...

2025 Plan Year  The annual Federal Benefits Open Season for the 2025 plan year will be held from November 11 through December 9, 2024. This Open Season will include the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, the new Postal Service Health Benefits PSHB) Program, the Federal Employees Dental and ...