Postal Reform Act of 2016: It’s About The Health Benefits

Posted on November 29, 2016 by mailomg in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

From the Heritage Foundation on new postal reform legislation: If H.R. 5714 were to be enacted, two things would be certain: Massive Postal Service benefit costs and obligations would be transferred to Medicare, and postal annuitants age 65 or more would be forced to pay premiums for two duplicative health insurance programs, rather than the one program and one premium, or lose all health insurance … (click to read more)

Postal Reform Act 2016

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