{"id":21556,"date":"2017-11-13T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=21556"},"modified":"2017-11-13T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:29:08","slug":"open-season-postal-employees-can-now-make-benefits-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/11\/13\/open-season-postal-employees-can-now-make-benefits-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Season &#8211; Postal employees can now make benefits changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/os2_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/os2_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/os2_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/os2_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/os2_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Doctor holding a clipboard\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>USPS employees can choose from a variety of health, vision and dental coverage during open season.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/11\/13\/open-season\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> &#8211; 11\/13\/17 &#8211; Open season, your once-a-year opportunity to make changes to your health coverage or choose a new plan, is Nov. 13-Dec. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you should know:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 All employees should review their coverage.<\/strong>\u00a0The Postal Service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2017\/11\/03\/opening-soon-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>encourages<\/em><\/a>\u00a0you to evaluate your options to ensure you have the coverage you need without paying for services you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Several options are available.<\/strong>\u00a0Employees can choose from a variety of health, vision and dental coverage through the Federal Employees Health Program (FEHB), USPS Health Benefits Plan (USPSHB) for non-career employees, Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 You can explore your options online.\u00a0<\/strong>Log onto the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/openseason13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Open Season LiteBlue page<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to review your health plan and find out what\u2019s available. You can compare multiple plans through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/humanresources\/benefits\/elections\/select-right-plan.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Checkbook\u2019s Guide to Health Plans<\/em><\/a>, an online guide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 You can make changes online, too.<\/strong>\u00a0To enroll or change coverage in FEHB or USPSHB, go to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ewss.usps.gov\/esymain.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PostalEASE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>or call 877-477-3273 (select option 1). Some facilities also offer self-service kiosks that allow you to change your coverage. Use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Benefeds site<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to enroll or make changes to your FEDVIP coverage and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsafeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>FSA Feds site<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to enroll in FSAs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Help is available.<\/strong>\u00a0For assistance, call the HR Shared Service Center at 877-477-3273 (select option 5). The TTY number is 866-260-7507.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service will provide additional information and reminders throughout open season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS employees can choose from a variety of health, vision and dental coverage during open season. USPS News Link &#8211; 11\/13\/17 &#8211; Open season, your once-a-year opportunity to make changes to your health coverage or choose a new plan, is Nov. 13-Dec. 11. Here\u2019s what you should know: \u2022 All employees should review their coverage.\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21558,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21556\/revisions\/21558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}