Fresno Unified School District leaders on Monday called on Community Health System to allow retired district employees access to its services, saying that Community has refused care to retirees amid unresolved negotiations.
Specifically, one of the district’s insurance providers, Aetna, was not able to resolve negotiations with Community on their own by a Dec. 31 deadline. That day, Community’s facilities were rendered out-of-network for about 1,500 FUSD retirees on Medicare who received care primarily at Community.
Superintendent Misty Her was joined by Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla, the FUSD Board of Education and the Joint Health Management Board (JHMB) during Monday’s news conference…