Military Retirees, Beware!
Posted: Sunday, November 13th, 2011 at 11:10 am
By: Tea Party
How ironic: within a week of honoring our veterans, we have to report an ambush on military retirees. It isn’t from a foreign army or even a crazed terrorist; the threat is from within.
As we warned last year, President Obama’s effort to take over health care—he felt like he didn’t have enough within the Constitution to keep him busy, so he decided to go extra-constitutional—would eventually lead to an assault on the military health system. TRICARE is the military system that provides medical care for military members, their dependents, and retirees. Alas, it was just too tempting to not leave this system alone!
According to military.com, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has stepped up his push to block working age retirees from using TRICARE Prime. McCain suggested to the powerful 12-member Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction it would help avoid spending cuts that would directly impact readiness.
While McCain is a war hero and long-time champion of the military, he and others must be careful in recommending fiscal solutions that negatively impact those who have served their Nation and to whom the Nation has made promises. Learn from the medical profession: serve others and DO NO HARM.
Because of the large number of military veterans among us, we will continue to watch and let you know how this story develops. In the meantime, visit military.com’s legislative center to register your opposition to such changes.
San Antonio Tea Party
We retirees need to remember that Tricare is an EARNED benefit that was earned by years of blood, sweat and tears from all concerned. Mr. McCain takes the easy path of suggesting cutting medical benefits from those who are basically helpless from the actions by the cowards in Washington. Where are the calls for cutting congressional benefits, welfare benefits and yes, all the money spent on illegal invaders? The current (and past) congress is filled with gutless cowards. It is time to overturn their agenda and put America back on the correct track.
Tricare Prime for retirees and their families costs $520 a year. It had been $460 since the mid-1990s.
Many civilians — ie, young people with growing families — pay that much or more each MONTH.
I am grateful for the excellent care we get at BAMC. And I am willing to pay more for it.
That’s because I don’t see how our nation can pay off the debt without the burden being shared by all of us.