With the transition to the Postal Service Health Benefits system from the Federal Employee Health Benefits system, we knew there would be some glitches. Your Health Plan Director, Legislative Director, President Dimondstein, and others worked hard to mitigate and address problems as soon as we were aware of them as well as worked hard to prevent potential issues during the transition.

USPS Open Season:  November 11, 2024 through December 9, 2024 You must have a Login.gov user id and password to utilize the PSHB enrollment site. PSHB enrollment site:  https://health-benefits.opm.

On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their respective goals for the next agreement, with each side expressing their desire to reach a negotiated agreement.

As of this past Thursday April 13, 2023, before I left for travel, LiteBlue was not fully functional. I am being told that all LiteBlue functions—to include health insurance transactions—are functional except access to eOPF (see earlier email I sent to the field) and direct deposit starts/changes. The direct deposit issue was supposed to be resolved on April 7, 2023, but it was not.