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Health

Mayor Adams will not switch city retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

By Ajani Stella Posted on June 20, 2025

New York City will not switch its retirees to cost-cutting Medicare Advantage healthcare plans even after it got a judicial green light, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday.

Two days after New York’s top court ruled the city could go ahead with its plan to transfer city retirees away from traditional Medicare and to privatized Medicare Advantage, Adams said he would not change health plans for retirees. The decision comes after a yearslong political and legal battle where retirees argued the city was breaking its promise and providing them with subpar care.

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