Life in the military is so different than civilian life. Military service requires sacrifice. Sacrifice your civilian counterparts may not understand or even appreciate. Military life when you are deployed to a combat zone is challenging, and even when you’re resting you are never really resting. One of the very…
The Congressional Budget Office posted the changes for TRICARE as proposed by Congress in the Health Care plan of 2009-10. At the same time politicians scream the country needs Health Care, the same politicians are silently taking away health care benefits earned by retired military men and women. Men and…
4. Health Care Affecting Weapons Buy Military retiree health care has long been a source of tension for active duty personnel and the retirees’ needs. In 1997, then USAF Surgeon General, Lt. General Charles H. Roadman II, discussed the impact of military need and budget on health care: I also…
Part 1 introduces the DoD’s plan to increase fees on retirees, but this is nothing new. In 2007 DoD attempted to force fee increases on retirees by creating a deficit in the DoD budget for TRICARE payments. The following Parts 2 & 3 are my commentary on DoD’s plan to…
TRICARE fees for retirees are once again under attack. Tom Philpott of Military.com reports Defense Sec. Gates believes “Retiree TRICARE Fees Should Rise.” http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,189145,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl Sec. Gates is quoted as saying TRICARE fees have not increased since 1995, and “the department is to spend $47 billion in health care in 2010,…