Now roughly what that means is that in exchange for riding out the period of dislocation from the Post Office Department to the USPS I've got FEHB forever.
What happens to most all federales when they retire is that as soon as they get to be 65 the FEHB stuffs them over into Medicare (for all practical purposes). You even get a medical care card that denotes your Medicare status.
What happens to those of us covered by that special provision is that we continue to get the same sort of insured coverage that regular federal employees get ~ not just the watered down stuff they'll get from Medicare later on.
I know, it sounds unfair ~ but a contract is a contract, and the law is the law.
Yes, it is unfair - proposed and verified by our wonderful politicians that needed your votes. Do you see any problems here? Doubt it, you have yours and hell with the poor people that have to sustain you and your pension.
Yes, I do believe in the contract law...but by god we can change the future... These kind of benefits can NOT continue and actually, you would probably agree. You’ve got your gold, but this can not be sustained.