- Congress remains on the campaign trail until November 12 according to Govexec.
- Last Friday, the Supreme Court issued its list of petitions granted its review at its September 30 conference. Oklahoma’s petition seeking review of the 10th Circuit’s ERISA preemption opinion involving Oklahoma’s PBM reform law (No. 23-1213) was not on the list. Tomorrow the Court will release other orders that conference.
- The Social Security Administration is expected to announce its new Social Security cost of living adjustment on Thursday according to CBS News. “The 2025 cost-of-living adjustment is forecast to come in at about 2.5%, according to the Senior Citizens League (TSCL), an advocacy group for older Americans.”
- Fedweek has collected projections on the federal employee pension program (CSRS and FERS) COLAs which will be announced later this month.
- This month, OPM is reconciling carrier and government data to identify all of the Postal Service Health Benefit Program enrollees effective January 1, 2025. OPM will be auto enrolling those folks in the appropriate PSHB plan. OPM will be mailing out auto-enrollment notices to each PSHB enrollee before Open Season begins on November 11, 2024. Here is a link to OPM’s website on the auto enrollment program.
- Speaking of Open Season, Kaiser Permanente, MHBP, and the NALC Health Benefit Plan have posted information about their 2025 FEHB and PSHBP benefit offerings.
- The FEHBlog will be attending the Texas Bar Association’s Health Law Conference tomorrow and Tuesday in Austin.