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Monday, February 14, 2022

Retirees Valentine Day Rally for Medicare at City Hall - Plus video of rally


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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