The City Council's bipartisan Common Sense Caucus has filed an amicus brief in support of municipal retirees aiming to maintain their traditional Medicare supplemental health insurance. This legal effort stems from the City's 2021 announcement to transfer 250,000 retired civil servants to a Medicare Advantage plan, which retirees argue diminishes their coverage and contravenes previous commitments. The caucus, supporting the retirees' position, claims the city's actions undermine healthcare quality and the legality of such a change, urging the court to uphold previous rulings favoring the retirees.
Plaintiffs-Respondents brought this action based upon the unlawful and illegal nature of the City's attempt to strip away the rightful healthcare benefits that have been promised to the Retirees since the passage of Medicare.
The City promised the Retirees the proper health coverage, and now the City is seeking to take such coverage away.
The Common Sense Caucus has voiced strong support for the retirees' position, emphasizing that the city's plan undermines the quality of healthcare provided.
The brief urges the Court of Appeals to uphold the September 2023 ruling by New York County Supreme Court Judge Lyle Frank...
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