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Postal Service employees and retirees

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Welcome to your Retiree Center

Get to know your MHBP retiree health and prescription drug plans.

MHBP and Medicare

MHBP Standard Option offers an Aetna MedicareSM Plan (PPO). This plan offers enhanced benefits and programs for members who have Medicare Parts A and B as their primary coverage.

Postal service retirees are now required in most cases to take Medicare Parts B and D.

Get a complete Medicare Advantage plan without having to suspend your PSHB coverage by opting in to the Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan for MHBP Standard Option. See plan benefits

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Enhanced coverage
and benefits.

Postal Service retirees, you’ve earned it!

Coverage that fits you

With Aetna Medicare Advantage for MHBP Standard Option, your coinsurance and deductibles could be lowered to $0 for most medical expenses. When you’re enrolled in Original Medicare, that’s how these plans work. It’s also possible to decrease your out-of-pocket medical expenses, as well as your monthly Part B premiums.

Retiree plan highlights

As an Aetna Medicare Advantage for MHBP Standard Option plan member, you have a suite of programs and services available at no extra cost to you.

$900 ($75 monthly) Medicare Part B premium reduction for eligible members

Nationwide doctors*

$0 copayments and coinsurance for medical services

Prescriptions as low as $0 (be sure to check the formulary to confirm your cost for your prescription)

Value-added programs like SilverSneakers® and Healthy Home visits

No referrals required to see a specialist. No jumping through hoops to see the right doctor

* It allows you to see any provider (whether in the network or not), and you pay the same out-of-pocket cost for both covered in-network and out-of-network medical benefits, as long as the provider is:

• Eligible to receive payment under Medicare

• Willing to bill and accept payment from Aetna®.

Questions about the Medicare Advantage plan?

Aetna Medicare Advantage member services representatives can help. Call us at 1-866-241-0262 (TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 8 PM ET.

Visit your Retiree benefits website for more information:

Aetna Medicare Advantage for
MHBP Standard Option

It’s easy to opt in (with Aetna).

Monday–Friday, 8 AM–8 PM ET

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Get Live Help

Have questions or need help selecting a plan? We offer multiple ways to get live help. Don’t wait, our friendly representatives are here for you.

Aetna Medicare is an HMO, PPO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in our plans depends on contract renewal. The formulary, provider and/ or pharmacy network may change at any time. You will receive notice when necessary. See Evidence of Coverage for a complete description of plan benefits, exclusions, limitations and conditions of coverage. Plan features and availability may vary by service area. Participating physicians, hospitals and other health care providers are independent contractors and are neither agents nor employees of Aetna. The availability of any particular provider cannot be guaranteed, and provider network composition is subject to change. Plan features and availability may vary by service area.

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