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From childcare and Centrelink payments to COVID-19 rules, here's what's changed for 2023

From childcare and Centrelink payments to COVID-19 rules, here’s what’s changed for 2023

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The start of a new year brings with it a host of changes. The New Year brings good news, including savings on childcare, cheaper medicine, help for landlords looking to downsize, as well as increased social benefits. Here’s what else you need to know about what’s changing. Centrelink Payments Centrelink payments for many, including carers …

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From childcare and Centrelink payments to COVID-19 rules, here's what's changed for 2023

From childcare and Centrelink payments to COVID-19 rules, here’s what’s changed for 2023

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The start of a new year brings with it a host of changes. New Year’s Day brings good news, including savings on childcare, cheaper medicine, help for landlords looking to downsize, as well as increased social benefits. Here’s what else you need to know about what’s changing. Centrelink Payments Centrelink payments for many, including carers …

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250,000 New York city retirees face controversial move to privatized health insurance

250,000 New York city retirees face controversial move to privatized health insurance

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An arbitrator orders New York City to move quickly with a plan to transfer some 250,000 municipal retirees from their current Medicare coverage to a Medicare Advantage plan run by a private insurer — despite continued efforts and persistence of some retirees to block the move. The switch was developed as part of a plan …

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New York City Has 25 Days to Settle Retirees’ Switch to Privatized Insurance, Arbitrator Rules

New York City has 25 days to settle transition of retirees to privatized insurance

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This article was published in partnership with THE CITY. DECISION OF AN ARBITRATOR Thursday paved the way for New York City to transfer more than 250,000 retired city workers and their dependents to privatized health insurance plans. The move, a long-sought goal under the Adams and de Blasio administrations, would remove retirees from their existing …

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Hochul administration cut off access to life-saving medical care for 1.2 million New York workers and retirees: lawsuit

Hochul administration cut off access to life-saving medical care for 1.2 million New York workers and retirees: lawsuit

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration is accused in a lawsuit of secretly cutting access to specialist doctors — and potentially life-saving medical treatment — for 1.2 million public servants and retirees, The News has learned. Post. The explosive claims, laid out in a lawsuit filed in Albany Supreme Court, accuse Hochul officials of unlawfully …

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Tim Ryan, the Democratic Senate candidate, shakes hands with an attendee during a Friday meeting with retirees from the Hoover Co. union.

Hoover Co. Retirees Tim Ryan Discuss Lost Insurance Benefits

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TOWNSHIP — In less than two weeks, final votes will be cast on whether Congressman Tim Ryan will be elected senator from Ohio. Ryan, D-Warren, put aside his campaign speech and talking points Friday afternoon to hear Hoover Co. retirees lament the impending loss of their Whirlpool-provided life insurance benefit. Ryan is running against Republican …

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