- A letter of complaint, filed on behalf of approximately 6,200 retirees and beneficiaries, opposes the current health care coverage.
- Fresno Unified has failed to provide “lifetime benefits” offered to employees since the 70s according to the demand letter.
- It is alleged that retirees’ current coverage has caused “systemic harm” through cancelation of medical appointments, constituting elder abuse.
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Fresno Unified retirees filed a formal letter of demand Thursday against the district and School Board, alleging elder abuse and opposing the imposition of the Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan.
“The main concern is that without their consent, the retirees and their beneficiaries had their medical coverage switched to an Aetna Advantage plan that doesn’t constitute the lifetime medical coverage that retirees and their beneficiaries have been entitled to,” attorney Kevin Little said…