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NYC retirees opposed to Medicare Advantage eye loophole that could let them keep traditional coverage

Por: New York Daily News Politics March 22, 2023

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Retired municipal workers furious over the city’s effort to enroll them in a cost-cutting Medicare Advantage Plan are homing in on a contract loophole they believe could permit them to stay on traditional Medicare at no extra cost — but they would need Mayor Adams’ buy-in for it to happen. For nearly two years, the municipal government has tried to shift its roughly 250,000 retired workers into an Advantage plan on grounds that it would... + full article



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