Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 2:45:50 GMT -6
Groups hoping to represent an estimated 1,500 Wayne County retirees have sued in an attempt to stop the county from imposing health care changes that they say would cost them potentially thousands of dollars per year.
The suit, filed Monday as a class action in U.S. District Court, seeks to stop the healthcare changes.
Jim Akhtar, an Onsted-based attorney representing the retirees, says the county is planning to impose the changes March 1 without notifying the retirees, who he noted are on fixed incomes.
“It’s really unbelievably callous to do that to people and not tell them about it,” Akhtar said.
Those changes would raise the retiree medical insurance premium from 10% to 25% and institute a deductible of up to $2,600 for a family.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/02/16/wayne-county-retirees-sue-stop-healthcare-changes/80478494/
The suit, filed Monday as a class action in U.S. District Court, seeks to stop the healthcare changes.
Jim Akhtar, an Onsted-based attorney representing the retirees, says the county is planning to impose the changes March 1 without notifying the retirees, who he noted are on fixed incomes.
“It’s really unbelievably callous to do that to people and not tell them about it,” Akhtar said.
Those changes would raise the retiree medical insurance premium from 10% to 25% and institute a deductible of up to $2,600 for a family.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/02/16/wayne-county-retirees-sue-stop-healthcare-changes/80478494/