2008 Postal FEHB Premium Categories
Postal Premium Category 1 applies to APWU (including HQ Operating Services, IT/ASC and
MDC), NPMHU (including Tool & Die), and NPPN bargaining unit employees in Rate Schedule
Codes (RSC) C, G, K, M, N, P and T.
Postal Premium Category 1 also applies to certain non-law enforcement nonbargaining unit
employees such as EAS, A-E Postmasters and Attorneys in RSC's E, F and U.
Postal Premium Category 2 applies to FOP, NALC, and NRLCA employees in RSC's Y, Q and R.
- Make sure your plan code has not been discontinued!
- Make sure the HMO plan covers your County or State.
- Check for premium rate changes; you may wish to elect a different plan or option!
- Self and Family plan codes end in 5 or 2; Self Only codes end in 4 or 1 -- is your code correct?
Plan codes do not change to Self Only automatically when your last dependent
turns 22 years old -- YOU MUST CHANGE through HRSSC or at Open Season.
- DO NOT WAIT until the last day of Open Season to make your election!
- Know your USPS pin.
- PostalEASE Web is preferred over phone for ease of use and accuracy.
- Keep clicking on UPDATE and SUBMIT until you get a CONFIRMATION NUMBER!
- DO NOT elect plan code for "Specific Groups" unless you are a member of that group.
- In PostalEASE, changes to "View/Update Dependents" DO NOT result in a plan code/option
change. Therefore, removing all dependents does not change your enrollment from Self
and Family to Self Only.
- CAUTION: Do not click on CANCEL to exit PostalEASE; this will cancel your FEHB enrollment
entirely.
- CAUTION: Do not click on DELETE PENDING unless you no longer wish to make the
change; DELETE PENDING does not exit the application.
- If you plan to retire or separate before the Open Season effective date, DO NOT use
PostalEASE; retirees submit SF 2809 to OPM for processing.
- If you are on OWCP rolls and having health benefits deducted from compensation checks,
DO NOT use PostalEASE for FEHB changes, contact Department of Labor, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP).