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magnolia72

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Can someone explain this to me? Is she talking “Medicare for all” or is she referring to retired carriers? All of the retired carriers I know are on Medicare.
 
Please post a link. The last one I endured was from 2013 under a different Pot Smoker General and the Mandate of healthcare for all form a former Pot Smoking President.

Is this the link for latest comments? In message to postal workers, PMG defends USPS plan to cut employee benefits

If so who are these stakeholders? Is it us alone or does it mean the higher ups and other crafts too?

…. We will work closely with our stakeholders to build support for the plan. While many of the elements of the plan will be controversial and some will be unpopular with affected stakeholders, the Postal Service is striving to remain balanced, and the organization is focused on key objectives and fulfilling our responsibilities to the American public.

Socialized care for all is a proven failure when others can make a choice of your care and needs based on age
 
She’s got a very dry personality. The gist I got from this is she wants us to keep working hard, cause we’re working hard to take from you.

And who are these stakeholders she keeps referring to?
 
Can someone explain this to me? Is she talking “Medicare for all” or is she referring to retired carriers? All of the retired carriers I know are on Medicare.
I think what you're referring to is the Medicare Integration Plan. So right now since I'm retired when I hit 65 I'll get Medicare (everyone does)(part A) for major stuff like hospital stays and surgery etc. But I can keep my FEHB (blue cross/shield) and it will continue to cover doctor visits, tests, xrays and prescription drugs and that costs me $159 per month. What they want to do is no longer pay the USPS portion for my FEHB so I then have to buy Medicare Part B which covers doctors, tests, etc. I'll also have to buy Medicare Part D to cover my prescription drugs. Or I could buy Medicare Part C which is a managed care set up that covers most everything that Medicare Part A does not cover. Totally confusing! Anyway you look at it if they take away my FEHB I'll probably end up paying more.

Think about it, if all of the retirees are on Medicare and no longer on FEHB then there's no reason to have any pre funding for retiree healthcare.

The single biggest thing that has caused the PO to be broke is the 5-6 BILLION yearly they're required to pre pay for retiree healthcare.
 
I think what you're referring to is the Medicare Integration Plan. So right now since I'm retired when I hit 65 I'll get Medicare (everyone does)(part A) for major stuff like hospital stays and surgery etc. But I can keep my FEHB (blue cross/shield) and it will continue to cover doctor visits, tests, xrays and prescription drugs and that costs me $159 per month. What they want to do is no longer pay the USPS portion for my FEHB so I then have to buy Medicare Part B which covers doctors, tests, etc. I'll also have to buy Medicare Part D to cover my prescription drugs. Or I could buy Medicare Part C which is a managed care set up that covers most everything that Medicare Part A does not cover. Totally confusing! Anyway you look at it if they take away my FEHB I'll probably end up paying more.

Think about it, if all of the retirees are on Medicare and no longer on FEHB then there's no reason to have any pre funding for retiree healthcare.

The single biggest thing that has caused the PO to be broke is the 5-6 BILLION yearly they're required to pre pay for retiree healthcare.
The PO was prepaying for Retirement, not healthcare.
 
All I heard was "we're broke and we are going to stick it to ya again".

The only reason we are broke is because Brennan was voted in solely by Donohoe who brought Brennan up the ladder, Brennan is solely to blame for USPS failure she has done nothing to improve the PO. She has continued to dip into the people's Post Office to give to certain corporations bennies. Then the PO will claim tax bailout and making the American worker pay for giving bennies. They are robbing taxpayers of everything and continue to make the working people in our country keep paying for their back door agreements. Now they want to cut more from us so they can continue to give their big discounts to these companies like Amazon. OIG reports over and over the inept stupidity of the USPS.
 
The PO was prepaying for Retirement, not healthcare.
As PastOThirty pointed out the PO has continued to fully fund their pension obligations. (but not the healthcare part) The PAEA act of 2006 required that the PO pre pay BILLIONS (about 5.5 billion) every year to fund health care benefit costs for retirees far into the future. Prior to this it had been paying on a pay as you go basis.
Still think I'm wrong? Google it!
 
magnolia72 and Faceindawind -- "Stakeholders" are probably any person or buisness that uses the USPS to get their mail pieces from Point A to Point B.

-- And hopefully with better results than the recent loss of a rare $60,000 pokemon card.

-- Off topic: The National Convention will be holding a "Boots and Bandana Night".

-- Probably prizes for the best dressed, most original, etc. PETA personnel to judge the boots?

-- Hopefully the PMG will show up wearing a bandana like the outlaws of the old western movies. Goodness knows the USPS have been robbing the rural carriers for years.
 
Our PM is out for 8 weeks, apparently she's got a fake broken knee that needs replaced. Our office will be remotely run by a PM approx 6 miles away.

Our PM makes $71k a year. Tell me why our office needs a PM if everything can be run remotely?

Stop cutting the people/jobs at the bottom and start trimming down EAS 17s, 18s, 20s, and 21s.
 
John Wringer -- "Our PM is out for 8 weeks, apparently she's got a fake broken knee that needs replaced."

-- Could it be the POOM had your PM kneel on some pencils until she agreed to treat the carriers in her office worse than she does now?
 
Rumor at my APO is PM got 10K added to their base pay for each RMPO added. An extra 30K in this instance. Do they ever go out to them? Only in an emergency... IE furnace broke, accident, opening clerk call in. Any grievance step issue with these other offices are dealt within the APO.

My PM now going on 8 months on a detail. Super is now official OIC and their pay has not gone up to deal with RMPO issues.
 
This bit about medicare integration is another example of management by stupidity... Just like when we were forced to prepay healthcare to make the books look good... Forcing retirees to get medicare might save usps money but will bankrupt the medicare fund real damn fast..
But what is the big todo about retiree healthcare.... usps's portion is already there in the prefunding account..
Follow the money.....If usps can force retirees to pay for medicare then the exposure to the prefunding account goes way down....Oh..what should usps do with all that money that would now be freed up?... Why just bring the billions back to the general account so usps management can waste it on hairbrained schemes...
It's a big con game and the unions have blindfolds on...
 
This bit about medicare integration is another example of management by stupidity... Just like when we were forced to prepay healthcare to make the books look good... Forcing retirees to get medicare might save usps money but will bankrupt the medicare fund real damn fast..
But what is the big todo about retiree healthcare.... usps's portion is already there in the prefunding account..
Follow the money.....If usps can force retirees to pay for medicare then the exposure to the prefunding account goes way down....Oh..what should usps do with all that money that would now be freed up?... Why just bring the billions back to the general account so usps management can waste it on hairbrained schemes...
It's a big con game and the unions have blindfolds on...

Not only is it a screw job , but it is the opening shot in the battle to put all federal retirees on Medicare. Beware federal employees, you are next. Btw, what do you think the chances are that Congress might force themselves onto Medicare? Slim and none?
 
Not only is it a screw job , but it is the opening shot in the battle to put all federal retirees on Medicare. Beware federal employees, you are next. Btw, what do you think the chances are that Congress might force themselves onto Medicare? Slim and none?

Are you kidding they are all self-righteous idiots with the entitlement to be called Millionaire's that they stole from taxpayers
 
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