Post Office Reform Does Latest Legislation Saving Usps 50B Affect The Average Customer

On Tuesday, Mar. 8, the Senate passed new legislation to reform the U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Service Reform Act will require postal service employees to enroll in Medicare when they are eligible and drop previous rules that forced the Postal Service to cover the health care costs years in advance, CNN reported. That alone would save the USPS about $50 billion over the next ten years, said the House Oversight Committee.

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Modernization efforts would also include requirements for the USPS to create online platforms with local and national delivery time data, similar to how operators like FedEx and UPS already operate. 

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While the new legislation allows for a better balancing of the USPS budget, it does not directly overhaul operations to make mail delivery run more smoothly just yet. The average consumer will not be immediately affected by the legislation, but will rather benefit from an improved USPS that is to be seen years down the line.