CUNY union testifies against potential switch to Medicare Advantage healthcare plan
City retirees and union members testified Monday against a proposed change to an administrative code that would shift the healthcare plan for roughly 250,000 retirees to Medicare Advantage, a privatized version of the current healthcare plan.
A better way for retiree health care
For more than half a century, New York City has kept a covenant with its workers: your wages will be modest — lower than those of your counterparts in the suburbs or the private sector — but as a full-time employee you will be entitled to health care coverage without…
James Davis: An Urgent Request on NYC Health Benefits
January 4, 2023 Dear PSC members and retirees, Happy New Year! I am writing with another update on New York City health benefits and an urgent request. The City Council has scheduled a critical vote on changing the NYC Administrative Code. This change would clear the path for the City…
PSC/CUNY Proposal for NYC Employee Health Benefits Program
December 30, 2022 The recommendations offered by Martin Scheinman on the future of healthcare for New York City retirees and employees present a false choice: either the City must force NYC retirees into private, for-profit Medicare Advantage or it must impose monthly healthcare premiums. These are not the only options.…
Retirees’ Medicare fight has Council ally
Municipal retirees battling the city’s proposed shift to a private Medicare plan for its 250,000 retired workers have a prominent ally in the City Council.
Arbitrator’s decision on healthcare could impact PSC members, retirees
December 22, 2022 Dear PSC member, Last week arbitrator Martin Scheinman issued a decision on NYC retiree healthcare that could have major implications for PSC members, both retired and active. I am writing with an update, and ask that you stay in touch with your City Council representative on this issue. If…
