Rally to Oppose Privatization of State Retirees Medicare

RiseDelaware has scheduled a public rally to take place on October 4^th from 12 noon to 1PM on Freedom Plaza in Wilmington. The location is at 8^th and French streets next to the Caravel State Building. The purpose of the rally is to allow state retirees and future retirees to demonstrate their unwillingness to have their health care benefits and access to doctors and treatments limited by a private, for profit, third party such as Highmark. The proposed mandate by the SBEC leaves no choices for retirees and will supplant the Medicare plans and benefits that they have earned and paid for throughout their working lives. 

These Medicare Advantage plans are not supplemental to existing traditional Medicare but instead replace Medicare as the primary source of health care insurance. They will erode the Medicare Trust Fund and put health care decisions in the hands of private entities who rely on denials of service and restrictions of access to ensure their profits

It is most important that all retirees and their families and friends join us at this rally to express their anger and frustration at this unbridled attempt to take away their health care benefits. This is your chance to express your objections and outrage, with a united voice, against this government abuse.