reply to post by StinkyFeet
Try me dear you be surprised, after all I got a degree in business, so hit dear, hit me.
Or I will have to take your post as way to bailout of a debate that you have not clue how to answer.
You still think this about getting rid of private health care?
Guess what this e-mail was send to my husband today,
yes a retire marine on governmetn benefits, it seems that now that the governmetn is going to
give the best give away to the private insurance busineess they are also to cut or eliminate the military retirees government insurance and force them
to buy private insurance, and the surprise they have been planning this for many years.
TRICARE CHANGES
This is true.
It is on pages 77, 172, 218, and 434. You have to dig to see the changes. We (retirees) would lose the Medicare for
life benefit and would have to pay. We would lose TRICARE as a total care
package. We would not be allowed to keep TRICARE
so when Obama stands and says if you like what you have you can keep it, he
lies.
This is a "Heads Up" on a battle we are facing now and down the road with
the new Administration. The Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) has already drafted proposed legislation that would basically
reduce our TRICARE for Life benefits to a system
whereby we pay deductibles and co-pays up to $6,301 the first year for you
and your spouse, with future years being indexed
to increase with inflation. What can we do? The article below, obtained
from an Air Force Association and written by
BG Bob Clements, best describes what we can do. Please read it and check
the links for CBO language and do what Bob
says-Send this email to every Military Retiree you know and write and email
your Congressman often. For those of you that
might have voted for "Change", you should do it more than often!
TRICARE FOR LIFE'S FUTURE . . .
TRICARE For Life was instituted to correct the broken promise that military
retirees would receive free healthcare
coverage for life and it covers the Medicare co-pay. Now a heavy assault has
begun on Veterans'/Retirees' benefits to
pay for other programs our President promised during the campaign. And it is
a high priority of his administration. The one
item of most interest to Retired Military is in Article 189. If approved by
Congress the first assault wave would hit in 11 and
would hit hard. It would initiate cost sharing to require retirees to pay
the first $525 of medical cost and 50% of the next $4,725
for a first year cost of $2,888 per person. It would be indexed to increase
with inflation. A reason given for this action
(for PR effect) is "overuse" by Retirees.
For those of you who are covered by TFL you will want to pay attention
(Below) to what BG Bob Clements has surfaced
about the future of TFL. In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional
Budget Office report, see the note below on how to
get to that spot, there is a strong recommendation to eventually eliminate
the program as it is too expensive. Just another move
to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to the defense
of our country.
www.cbo.gov...
Socialized health care my butt, this is nothing but a give away and we are to all pay for it
Mandatory health care but is
private health careIf military retirees are to lose their governemtn health care benefits and have to pay for it,
I wonder what is there for those that think this is going to save them money.
My friend you have been deceived and so many of Americans in the nation that still thinks this all about government take over.
