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APWU Health Plan

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APWU Health Plan Rep - George Roman

The APWU Health Plan has made your complete satisfaction with the Health Plan its number one priority. The Health Plan listened to members and implemented changes in 2000 so that quality of service and responsiveness will be unsurpassed.

Across the country, the APWU Health Plan's Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) includes over 500,000 doctors and specialists, and 4,000 hospitals; and over 32,000 practitioners and 1,700 facilities for mental conditions and substance abuse. You also have national access to a qualified provider through the PPO network wherever you are in the country.
In an emergency, telephone numbers for all PPO networks are on your ID Card Sleeve, or you can call the Health Plan toll-free at 1-800-222-APWU.

 


APWU Health Plan contact information is:

PO Box 3279
Silver Springs, MD 20918

To access our National Website APWU Health Plan

To access other postal health plans, click on the various links

Blue Cross & Blue Shield
GEHA
NALC
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Local Dental Plan

Your APWU Local 299 offers the Fortis Dental Plan to its members. You may contact your local steward with any questions or problems. Please also check our link to Fortis Dental Care.

 

Thrift Savings Plan


The Thrift Savings Plan is an important benefit designed to help you save for your future. If you are a FERS employee, your agency automatically contributes 1% of your base salary each pay period to a TSP account in your name.

 

You may think you are too young or financially constrained to worry about retirement. Remember, however, that delaying your decision to contribute means that you miss out on agency matching contributions that can never be recaptured.

 

If you are a CSRS employee, you do not receive any agency money but, like FERS employees, you decide how your money is invested and you don't pay taxes on it or its earnings until you take it out.

 

To access the Thrift Savings Web Site, click on the following link:

Thrift Savings Plan