USPS-only Health Plan in Postal Reform Bill

"...The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee debated an updated version of postal reform legislation Wednesday that would allow the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service to restructure its health benefits program.

Included in the revised postal reform bill from Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is a proposal that would create a new postal-only health plan within the broader Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

"If the Postal Service is going to be a viable, self-sustaining entity and not continue to be a drag on the Treasury, we need to work things out on the retiree health care side," Carper said in his opening statement ahead of the bill markup. "And wonder of wonders, I think we've done that."

The program, which would cover all postal employees and retirees, would require Medicare-eligible postal retirees to also enroll in Medicare parts..."

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