Some 250,000 New York City municipal retirees are terrified they are going to lose much of their health care. They should be. An eleventh-hour sneak attack by the de Blasio administration—aided and abetted by the unions that used to represent these folks—would dramatically affect the medical care they receive.
The state Supreme Court has put in place a temporary injunction prohibiting implementation of the city’s proposed Medicare Advantage Plus plan at least until April 1. That delay is based solely on the inadequacy of the city and insurance company partners’ plan to fairly inform retirees about the plan’s provisions and limitations. (The underlying illegality of the city’s attempt
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