05/07/2009
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"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."
"We have to give them the capability to handle those costs in a more efficient way."
"If you include employee health benefits, the benefit package for the average employee of the Postal Service, excluding management, is $35,000 a year."