Health Care Implementation Timelines Health Care Effects in the next 6 months Health Care Reform Health Care Reform Charts Jan, 1, 2011 Health Care Reform Facts and Fiction Health Care Reform Timeline Health Care Video Health Insurance Exchange How Seniors Benefit Medicare Benefits and Changes OPM FEHB 26 year olds What does Health Care Reform mean to you OPM Page on FEBH EL 520 FEHB Temporary Continuance of Coverage. Key Deadlines Program Activity Deadline Flexible Spending Accounts Open Season 11/12/07 - 12/29/07 5:00 PM Central Time Health Benefits Open Season 11/12/07 - 12/11/07 5:00 PM Central Time Dental and Vision Insurance Open Season 11/12/07 – 12/10/07 11:59 PM Eastern Time Annual Leave Exchange Open Season 11/15/07 - 12/15/07 11:59 PM Central Time Thrift Savings Plan Open at any time The cut-off for each pay period is 3:59 AM. Central Time, 2nd Wed. of pay period (day 12). OPM page on Federal Employee Helath Benefits (FEBH) Health Benefits: The Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP), administered by the Office of Personnel Management, is among the most generous and popular of all postal benefit plans. Depending on the employee's craft and selected health care plan, the USPS pays from 71% to about 88% of the premium. Virtually all career USPS employees (and eligible family members) are covered by the FEHBP. Employees that are not eligible (with certain exceptions) include those serving in a temporary position lasting less than a year (including Casual and Temporary Employees, Substitute Rural Carriers, and Rural Carrier Associates). Other exclusions include non-citizens and employees paid on a contract or fee basis including contract job cleaners and contract carriers. Several types of plans are available, including the Service Benefit Plan (available nationwide), Employee Organization Plans (available through employee organizations such as labor unions), and Comprehensive Medical Plans (group practice plans/HMOs) available regionally. You must consider your individual and family situation in deciding which health plan is best for you and your family. | For more information about your health benefits please consult the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) at USPS.com. Click here! | The following sites also have information about your health benefits:
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