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Losing Bidder for City Medicare Advantage Contract Files …

WebBy RICHARD STEIER. The health-care provider that was passed over for a Medicare Advantage program the city is shifting 250,000 retired employees to as of Jan. …

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Retirees pledge to fight Medicare shift

WebSpeaking to an assembly of hundreds of retired municipal workers outside City Hall Plaza Friday, Cecelia McCall, a retired Baruch College professor of English, said the …

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Retirees file suit to stop Medicare switch

WebA group of retired municipal workers filed a class-action suit Wednesday to halt the city from imposing a single cost-free health care plan on retirees that they have …

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UFT Leader Tries To Dispel Retiree Fears About Medicare …

WebCLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS: United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, in a pre-pandemic photo addressing union retirees, …

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Amid Anxiety About Shift to Medicare Advantage Plan, …

WebDiscussions between the de Blasio administration and municipal unions meant to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in health-care savings through a move …

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City enlists unions in forceful push for Medicare plan

WebDozens of retirees and their supporters, including city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, at the microphone, attended an Oct. 27 rally sponsored by the Cross …

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Judge slams brakes on city’s Medicare plan for retirees

WebJacob Gardener, with the microphone at right, who is representing a coalition of retired municipal workers in a lawsuit challenging the city’s intended switch of 250,000 …

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Judge halts city’s planned Medicare switch for municipal …

WebA Manhattan State Supreme Court justice has blocked the Adams administration’s plan to switch about 250,000 municipal retirees and their dependents …

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City attorney, judge joust on Medicare matter

WebRichard Khavkine/The Chief. Posted Friday, March 22, 2024 3:29 pm. BY RICHARD KHAVKINE. A state appellate judge and a city attorney sparred Thursday …

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Trade Center Health Program Links Physical and Mental …

WebThe 20th anniversary of 9/11 provides an opportunity to examine the success of the Fire Department World Trade Center Health Program that's based on a "holistic …

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S.I. University Hospital nurses authorize strike

WebNurses at Staten Island University Hospital say they’re sick of being asked to take on several roles at once because of persistent understaffing, and have voted in …

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Still Treating Patients, New H+H Boss Looks to Replicate California

WebTHE PATIENTS OF JOB: Dr. Mitchell Katz, the new President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, said his decision to continue seeing patients was based on …

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Appeals court backs retirees in Medicare skirmish with city

WebAn appeals court panel has sided with city retirees in their battle with Adams administration officials over a planned switch of their traditional Medicare health plan to …

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WTC Health Program to Go Broke In 3 Years; Urge Congress to Act

WebPosted Friday, September 10, 2021 1:00 pm. By BOB HENNELLY. Without congressional action, the World Trade Center Health Program will run out of money starting in FY …

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Unions criticize lack of public input on plan to close SUNY …

WebCritics argued that the plan would effectively close the hospital since the proposal would create a 150-bed SUNY Downstate wing at the nearby Kings County …

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Council considering controversial health-care amendment

WebWould allow Medicare plan switch opposed by retiree groups. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, addressing the media ahead of the Council’s Nov. 3 meeting, …

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Nurses at two LI hospitals settle contract with Northwell Health

WebNurses at two Northwell Health hospitals on Long Island have reached tentative contract deals, averting a strike that was set to start Feb. 21. The tentative deal …

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Nurses on Long Island authorize strike at 2 Northwell facilities

WebHundreds of nurses at two Northwell Health facilities on Long Island have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike following the expiration of their contracts at …

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A nurse's fatal last visit to patient's home renews calls for better

WebThe killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out …

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