What Senator Carper and I are trying to do is to create the environment where all those factors are taken into consideration.

But I would also tell you, in the private sector nobody stays on workers' comp in the private sector at retirement age. They go to the retirement.

We need to overhaul our entitlement programs in a way that saves money, saves these programs, and does not hurt the least of these in our society.

Senator Carper and I agree on a lot of things in this bill.

Your injured workers have tripled, with third-party billing and medication.

It is not just the Postal Service that is wrestling with health care costs, right?

Yes, I would just note for the record, according to Congressional Research Service (CRS), 25 percent of private companies prefund their retirement health care.

Let me just caution you. The Segal report has revisionist history in it in terms of what the deal was in 1983...

When Part B was started, it was to be a 50-50 payment differential between the participant and the government. We are at 25 percent.

Just a followup on Senator Heitkamp's discussion.

This differential is in the difference of what the post office could buy the exact same coverage with a wrap-around... there is no question we add to the liability of the Medicare program.