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Open Season 2026

Postal Service enrollment center

Make the most of your Postal Service Health Benefits by enrolling in APWU Health Plan during Open Season, November 9 – December 14, 2026.

Enroll as a career employee

Our High Option and Consumer Driven Option plans are open to PSHB-eligible employees who are dues-paying members of APWU and associate members of the union.

Career Employee Enrollment

Enroll as a PSE

New PSEs are eligible for the USPS health plan for non-career employees, while PSE with more than one year of service are eligible for the Consumer Driven Option with special rates.

PSE Enrollment

Retirees are eligible to enroll in APWU Health Plan

For questions about the High Option or Consumer Driven Option, contact APWU Health Plan to speak with a customer service representative:

  • Retired Postal Service bargaining unit employees who were represented by the APWU before retirement and are members in good standing of the APWU or the APWU Retirees Department may enroll.
  • Retired Postal Service non-APWU bargaining unit employees and non-postal federal retirees will automatically become associate members of APWU upon enrollment.
  • Associate membership dues are $35/year. New members will receive a bill from APWU upon enrollment. Continuing associate members will also receive a bill for the annual dues.

Enroll by mail or fax

Complete the Retiree Health Benefits Election Form (OPM form 2809) and send certified with tracking to:

Office of Personnel Management
Open Season Processing Center
PO Box 5000
Lawerence, KS
66046-0500

For enrollment assistance:

Current APWU Health Plan members

If you want to keep your plan for 2027, you don’t need to act. We will automatically re-enroll you in the same plan.

PSHB enrollment codes for APWU Health Plan

HIGH OPTION

Self

23A

Self + One

23C

Self & Family

23B

CONSUMER DRIVEN OPTION

Self

23D

Self + One

23F

Self & Family

23E

Contact human resources for enrollment support

If you have questions, contact the Human Resources Shared Service Center (HRSSC):

Select option 5 for benefits

Or Contact HRSSC by email

Contact APWU Health Plan

For questions about the High Option or Consumer Driven Option, contact APWU Health Plan:

8:30 am – 6:30 pm ET, Monday – Friday

If the Health Plan is experiencing a high call volume, you can schedule a call back, 9 am – 6:30 pm ET, Monday – Friday.

Consumer Driven Option members

For questions about your Consumer Driven Option health plan, contact UnitedHealthcare:

or visit

https://www.whyuhc.com/apwuhp

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Special Rates During Open Season Enrollment

Important Notice:
The PSHB Enrollment system will not show the APWU contractually negotiated rates for the Consumer Driven Option.

If you are eligible, your biweekly 2026 plan year rates are as follows:

  • $30.16 for Self Only
  • $70.60 for Self Plus One
  • $82.48 for Self & Family

The correct rates will be applied when USPS sets up your payroll deductions.

DEFINITION

Wellness incentive

Receive a $25 wellness incentive added to your PCA for each family member who completes a yearly checkup or recommended screening.

DEFINITION

Coninsurance

15% coinsurance: The percentage of costs you pay after you pay the deductible.

DEFINITION

Copay

A Copay is a fixed amount you pay for a covered healthcare service, usually at the time you receive the service.

DEFINITION

Plan allowance

Plan allowance is the maximum amount a plan will pay for a covered healthcare service