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Federal and postal workers to see double-digit health care premium increases again next year

October 9, 2025

Enrollees in the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program, which replaced the U.S. Postal Service’s previous insurance offerings last fall, will see their premiums increase by 11.3% on average next year

Lawmakers sound alarm on administration of USPS health care program

September 16, 2025

The Office of Personnel Management still has less than half of the IT staff needed to support postal workers’ employer-sponsored health insurance program as it prepares for its second-ever open season this fall.

Lawmakers press OPM on ‘critical’ staffing, funding issues in Postal insurance program

September 16, 2025

Less than two months away from this fall’s Open Season, Democrats in Congress are raising concerns that the Office of Personnel Management may not be fully prepared to administer the major health insurance program for millions of Postal Service employees and annuitants

An IG report flags deep resource risks in the postal health benefits program

September 3, 2025

Guest:	Matthew Knupp
Title:	Group Chief, Community-Rated Audits Group, OPM Office of the Inspector General
Summary:	A year after launching the Postal Service Health Benefits Program, the Office of Personnel Management is facing critical resource shortfalls that threaten its ability to sustain operations. An Inspector General audit warns that without urgent staffing and funding fixes, OPM may struggle to process enrollments, manage benefits, and maintain service for more than 800,000 postal employees and retirees during the 2025 open season.

Trump Administration Quietly Blocks Gender-Affirming Care For Adults On Federal Health Plans

August 23, 2025August 20, 2025

President Donald Trump’s Week 1 executive order blocking federal funds from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children also included a provision to exclude that same coverage from both the Federal Employee Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs

Postal insurance program risks ‘operational failure’ due to OPM staffing shortages

August 23, 2025August 1, 2025

Staffing vacancies and funding losses at the Office of Personnel Management are putting the near-new Postal Service Health Benefits program at risk of an “operational failure,” according to OPM’s inspector general office.

Trump’s hiring freeze has jeopardized postal workers’ health care, IG says

August 23, 2025July 11, 2025

OPM told its agency watchdog that it has taken steps to ensure the Postal Service Health Benefits Program remains adequately staffed and funded but failed to provide any evidence that it had actually done so

Audit: PSHB Program at Risk of Underfunding, Understaffing; No Plan B

August 23, 2025July 10, 2025

The Postal Service Health Benefits program faces “critical resource issues” and the OPM has not ensured that the underlying system “will remain fully staffed, supported and funded” in light of OPM’s downsizing and reorganization, an inspector general audit has said

Do you know how PSHB and Medicare work together?

February 27, 2025

USPS employees may participate in a webinar that will help explain how the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program and Medicare work in retirement.

NALC – The PSHBP/FEHBP transition and your Jan. 17 paycheck

January 17, 2025

NALC active members should note that today’s (Jan. 17) paycheck will feature prorated health insurance deductions since it covers workdays in both December (covered by your FEHB plan) and January (covered by your new PSHB plan).