Listen: NYCOPSR President Marianne Pizzitola Sits Down with TWU Local 100 Retiree Luis Uribe, Whistleblower Wendell Potter

TWU Local 100 retiree Luis Uribe has been living with pain ever since being auto-enrolled into a profit-driven Aetna Medicare Advantage health insurance plan. 

By Bob Hennelly

What does Trump’s election mean for the struggle to save Medicare from privatization? Talk show host Keziah Glow and Retired FDNY EMT Marianne Pizzitola, president of New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees recently sat down with Wendell Potter, health insurance industry whistleblower, about the 2024 election results and the ongoing fight against Medicare Advantage. 

Luis Uribe on the job as a MTA NYC Transit bus operator. 

Marianne also shares an interview she conducted with Louis Uribe, a  TWU Local 100 retiree living in Arizona who was forced onto Medicare Advantage and is now struggling to get the healthcare he needs as he battles prostate cancer and other health issues. Work-Bites readers will recall how pain has become an everyday feature of the U.S. Army veteran and former union official’s life after being auto-enrolled into a predatory Medicare Advantage Plan run by Aetna. 

Listen to the entire show below:

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