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Public Employee Press
Chin-Marshall heads Health
& Security Plan Cynthia Chin-Marshall, the newly
appointed administrator of the DC 37 Health and Security Plan, says protecting
the unions prescription drug benefit is her most pressing priority.
For
years, the plan has struggled to provide its wide range of benefits despite the
fast-rising cost of prescription drugs.
My goal is to get the best
bang for the buck to continue offering members and retirees one of the best benefit
packages in the country, Chin-Marshall said. Besides prescriptions, the
union benefits include audiology, podiatry, counseling, dental, optical, short-term
disability, legal and other services.
Chin-Marshall grew up in Jamaica
and lived in England before immigrating to the United States to study. She earned
her undergraduate degree at Rutgers University and received a masters degree
in 1980 from the Columbia University School of Social Work.
While at Columbia,
Chin-Marshall interned at DC 37s Personal Service Unit, and after she graduated,
the Health and Security Plan hired her as a Social Worker. She went on to manage
the Brooklyn Dental Center and then the Manhattan Center. In 1994, she became
associate administrator of the plan, overseeing daily operations of its units.
At
DC 37, Chin-Marshall also serves as co-chair of the Black History Committee. Her
commitment to labor, she said, was one of the principal reasons she focused her
career in a union setting rather than more traditional social services.
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