Discussions of whether USPS retiree medical prefunding requirements are reasonable are begging the question. We need to ask why its retiree healthcare costs are so high in the first place.

Calls for a taxpayer-funded bailout of the United States Postal Service (USPS) are often coupled with references to requirements that the USPS pre-fund retiree health benefits for its employees ...

How will USPS reform affect postal workers? The organization has struggled with declining mail volume and revenue, and shouldered a costly health care plan for retirees.

The landmark Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 3076) Congress passed this week ends the mandate that the Postal Service pre-fund its retiree health benefit costs and requires postal workers to ...

The U.S. Postal Service will run out of money to pay for its retirees’ health care in 12 years if Congress does not take action to address the funding shortfall, according to a new audit of the ...

The U.S. Postal Service took another step that demonstrates its abysmal financial state when it suspended its contribution to the defined-benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System ...

The U.S. Postal Service is once again threatening to not pay roughly $5.4 billion in retiree health benefits this fall because it says it cannot afford to do so.

More than 100 U.S. Postal Service employees over 90 years old are collecting workers compensation - a fact one U.S. senator calls troubling, arguing that workers ought to be moved to retirement ...

As a member of the federal community who served our country for years, I am concerned with an attempt to force current U.S. Postal Service retirees onto Medicare Part B, after they previously ...