Video of WPIX 11 News Report of Todays Rally at City Hall
Jumaane Williams Speaking today-Tell Adams- No Privatization of our Medicare
Media advisory: City retirees to protest healthcare switch TODAY near City Hall
RETIREES' VALENTINE TO MAYOR: DON'T BREAK OUR HEARTS WITH HEALTHCARE SWITCH
Scores
of retired city workers will gather near City Hall on Monday, Feb. 14,
at noon to tell Mayor Eric Adams he's breaking their hearts with his
plan to change their beloved Medicare coverage.
Rally organizers
will unscroll a Wall of Broken Hearts signed by 1,800 municipal retirees
who want Adams to reconsider moving a quarter-million Medicare
beneficiaries into a controversial new Medicare Advantage plan by April
1. To keep their current coverage, retirees would need to pay stiff new
premiums, unaffordable for many. Adams recently endorsed the plan, begun
under the de Blasio administration and still tied up in a lawsuit
brought by retirees.
Speakers, including a physician, will
address the devastating effects of the plan, which would limit access to
doctors and services. Retirees holding giant Valentine cards will
collect more signatures. Scroll and cards will be delivered to the mayor
at the end of the event.
Organized by the Cross-union Retirees
Organizing Committee (CROC,) the rally is endorsed by other
organizations, including the District Council 37 Retirees Association,
the New York Public Library Retirees Association, and the NYC
Organization of Public Service Retirees.
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, noon to 12:45 pm
WHERE: Broadway and Murray St., near City Hall
Contact: retireequestions@gmail.com
or Sarah Shapiro, sarahmorah@gmail.com
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