NYC Must Provide Promised Medicare Coverage, State Court Affirms

A New York state appellate court unanimously ruled Tuesday that New York City can’t break its longstanding promise to offer supplemental Medicare health coverage to nearly 250,000 retired municipal workers and instead steer them into private Medicare managed care plans.

“The City has made clear, consistent, unambiguous representations—oral and written—over the course of more than 50 years, that New York City municipal worker-retirees would have the option of receiving health care in the form of traditional Medicare with a city-paid supplemental plan,” said the unanimous decision of the New York Supreme Court First Appellate Department. “Consequently, the city cannot now ...