Postal Service Health Benefits and Prescription Drugs for the Elderly in the FEHBP: Compounding the Problem

The 2016 Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714) is pending before Congress and may be considered in the lame-duck session in December 2016.[1] The bill would force age-65 postal annuitants to purchase duplicative Medicare Part B medical insurance, despite already paying for better insurance under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Failure to pay premiums to both programs would cause these elderly pensioners to lose coverage under Medicare and the FEBHP.

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