NNA guest editorial on postal reform available

An op-ed about postal reform is available to Texas newspapers from the National Newspaper Association.
Written by NNA President Matthew Paxton IV, publisher of the Lexington, Va., News-Gazette, the opinion piece urges support for HB 756. The legislation was crafted by a group of Republican and Democratic representatives working together on the one thing they can agree on: US Postal Service reform.
The legislation would require about 77,000 retired postal workers who draw benefits from a federal benefits health fund to use Medicare instead. Medicare taxes were already paid for these workers. The Medicare fund owes these retirees their benefits anyway. It is just that this group has chosen a different benefit for themselves, which they were allowed to do. Now it is time for them to follow the practice of most private sector workers  and draw their earned benefits from Medicare instead. 
Supporters say that coupled with a small increase in commercial mailing rates to offset the cost to Medicare, the plan could save the Postal Service $30 billion over ten years.
Check out the op-ed by clicking here.