ALBANY, N.Y. With a push from the New York State Nurses Association, Medicare For All at least on the state level gained majority co-sponsorship among the New York legislature’s ruling Democrats, a top progressive sponsor reports.
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New York City’s 250,000 retired municipal workers are facing the conversion of our traditional Medicare coverage to a privately managed Medicare Advantage plan. It turns out that negotiations to achieve this change have been going on in secret for three years. The bargaining agent is the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), which includes nearly 100 city unions. Word of the
Until last summer, I didn’t worry about health care. My husband Keith was a New York City public school teacher and we had excellent health insurance for ourselves and our kids through his good union job. But after dealing with heart problems since his early 30s, Keith was facing a number of health issues last August. On Aug. 22, he went into the hospital. Our family was devastated when he passed away unexpectedly just two days later.