Mayor Supports Medicare (Dis)Advantage for NYC Retirees; & Tackling Gender-Based Violence Against LGBTIQ People in the Caribbean

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Published: 08 February 2022

Eric Adams Supports Medicare (Dis)Advantage for NYC Retirees

Out-FM co-host Naomi Brussel interviews Julie Schwartzberg about the latest in the fight against Medicare (Dis) Advantage to preserve quality healthcare for NY City retirees. Julie retired from the New York city department of health in 2002 where she worked as a field worker and trainer in the HIV epidemiology program. She was a union activist and organizer during the years that she was a municipal worker. She served as vice president of local 768, DC-37 of the American Federation of state county and municipal employees, which represented health department and health and hospitals workers in New York city. She was also a founder and co-chair of the District Council   37 lesbian and gay issues committee and an organization that convinced the union to lobby for and help with domestic partner benefits in New York city. She has been a leading organizer with the Cross Union Retirees Organizing Committee against this New York city government plan.

Schwartzberg discusses the battle against the changes in retiree benefits in which Medicare covers the retirees for 80% of the cost of the healthcare and the city pays the balance. Under the Medicare (Dis)Advantage program, which is administered by a for-profit company, they city would no longer be paying 20% that it currently pays. The price is many procedures require pre-authorization approval, which is what keeps down costs for the city, but may mean retirees don’t get the healthcare they need. Schwartzberg also discusses the demonstration planned for Valentines Day to pressure the mayor. Gather on 2/14/2022 at 12pm on Broadway at Murray St.

She also urges people to Contact Mayor Adams via phone by calling 311 and leaving a message for the mayor and/or the internet
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/contact-the-mayor.page

For more information write This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Or go to nycretirees.org
facebook page of NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees. https://www.facebook.com/groups/888622578669131

The educational webinar "Medicare Privatization: How It Really Works" will take place Tues., Feb. 15 at 7:30 PM. It is sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro Chapter. To register, and for more details, go to https://www.pnhpnymetro.org/ 

Rally against Adams' privatization of Medicare on Mon., Feb. 14 at noon.  Local map:

Outright Action International: Tackling Gender-Based Violence Against LGBTIQ People in the Caribbean

Gender-based violence against LGBTIQ people in the Caribbean is an acute problem, amplified by the continued existence of colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex relations which, on the one hand, normalize such violence, and, on the other hand, serve to keep victims and survivors from reporting such violence or seeking other help. Tackling gender-based violence, and ensuring service provision for LGBTIQ victims and survivors of it is a key program area for OutRight in the Caribbean. In this session we will discuss the prevalence of gender-based violence against LGBTIQ people in the region, progress in tackling it so far, and strategies for increasing policy and legal protections for LGBTIQ survivors of gender-based violence in the future. Speakers:  Elysse Marcellin & Jessica Rose

For rush transcript of Tackling Gender-Based Violence Against LGBTIQ People in the Caribbean, click Read More

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Part 2: The Philippine LGBTQI Movement at the Intersections of Class and Gender Politics; and Susie Day on Lyra McKee’s life

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Published: 01 February 2022

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An interview with Jose Monfred Sy and Angging Aban of the University of the Philippines, discussing their critique of neoliberalism and capitalism, and how it affects LGBTQI Filipinos. Also Irish lesbian author and journalist Lyra McKee remembered.