New: Judge “permanently” blocks the Adams administration from shifting 250K municipal retirees off their Medicare insurance onto a privatized version of the plan.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A New York state Supreme Court judge “permanently” blocked Mayor Eric Adams' administration on Friday from shifting hundreds of thousands of municipal retirees off their Medicare insurance onto a privatized version of the plan, but the city immediately vowed to appeal the ruling.
The city is also barred from forcing retirees or their dependents to enroll in an Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan — the proposed cost-cutting replacement — or requiring those parties to find their own health plan, per the ruling. The proposal, whichRetirees had protested the planned transition as a potential obstacle tothat left the door open for increased out-of-pocket costs. Jake Gardener, who represented plaintiffs in the case, praised the outcome in a statement on Friday.
“Because of Justice Frank’s well-reasoned decision, hundreds of thousands of senior citizens and disabled first responders will be able to continue receiving the medical care they desperately need and to which they are entitled,” Gardener said.
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