Congressman Richard Neal celebrated President Biden's signing of a sweeping, bipartisan Postal Service reform bill in Springfield on Monday. Neal joined workers outside the post office on Main Street to talk about the bill that was enacted into law last week.
The Postal Service Reform Law of 2022 enacts several overdue changes to address financial challenges, improve mail delivery and support postal workers and retirees, including:
-Welcoming all future postal retirees into Medicare, delivering quality health care to our committed public servants while saving the Postal Service $22.6 billion over the next decade.
-Repealing a burdensome requirement forcing the Postal Service to pre fund retirees’ health care 75 years in advance, saving $27 billion over the next decade.
-Promoting reliable delivery and transparency through a public-facing, online dashboard featuring national and local level service performance data.
-Allowing the Postal Service to raise additional revenues by offering non-commercial property and services to state, local and tribal governments.
Neal said it addresses financial challenges and improves mail delivery, including by codifying the longtime tradition of service six days per week.
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