The call for Congress to help the US Postal Service address its bal­looning deficit by allowing it to pay its share of retiree health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund instead of its own pocket is growing. To do so, Congress would need to amend the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, which requires the pre-funding of the premium in annual payments ranging from $5.4 billion to $5.8 billion through 2016.