Big changes are coming to the medical insurance that covers retired firefighters and police officers in Ohio. The Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund said it had to make the changes. Plus, there’s a looming deadline of this Saturday for people under age 65 to sign up.
5 On Your Side Investigators have heard complaints about the new program, its options, and enrollment.
Some retirees from police and fire departments posting on social media that they're "getting shafted", the coverage is a "horrific choice", and signing up was a "nightmare from hell process."
“Customer service hasn’t been good, said Doug Stern from the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters. “Quite honestly, there’s places in Ohio where our retirees have no coverage.”
And he's right. 5 On Your Side Investigators have gotten phone calls and emails from multiple retirees saying with the 2019 plan they're "losing their doctors and the medicines are not covered under these policies..."