United States Postal Service: Need for Reform Schooling

If the overcharge was used to prepay the USPS health benefits fund, the OIG estimates that all accrued healthcare liabilities would be met, and the need for the $5.5 billion annual payment would be eliminated. Moreover, the health benefits fund could then serve its intended purpose of making the annual payment for current retiree benefits ($2 billion in 2009, according to the OIG).