Bronx Times: Torres announces new legislation aimed at protecting seniors’ access to Medicare

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres on Thursday joined local health care advocates — as well as senior citizens and public sector retirees — to announce he will be introducing new legislation aimed at protecting the rights of seniors to access traditional Medicare coverage.

His “Right to Medicare Act” comes as a response to New York City government’s continued attempt to involuntarily kick approximately 250,000 public sector retirees off the traditional Medicare plans they worked decades to secure and were promised, instead onto privately-run health care insurance plans through Medicare Advantage.

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