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I entered into the Federal Service after four years of active duty in Sep 1964. I retired in Jul 1997. I have paid insurance preniums every pay period since then. Even today, I’m paying $300 a month for the federal BC/BS and another $100 a month for Medicare. And I am NOT complaining.

Working 20 years as a civil servant unless it was in a prison or Federal Law Enforcement is not the same as active duty. We had a contract and promises were made. For the record, I pay out more per month than you do, and when I am eligible for medicaid, I lose coverage, I do not have BC/BS to fall back on. TRICARE for Life is on the chopping block now. Did they force you to run a CFT or a PFT when you were 50 years old? Did you have quarterly body fat measurements? As a civil service did you do 5 - 10 mile hikes well into your 40s? We all make our choices, you made yours so it is well you are NOT complain. Stop trying to compare apples and oranges, most of the Marines retiring this year have done 5 combat tours in the last 10 years, what were you doing during that time. If you did all the same things required of a service member, I stand corrected.

And? Thanks for your service, what does your 4 years mean to a veteran of war that does 20 plus?

Did you serve in Vietnam and have a service connected disability? If you do, do you really want to pay to be a disabled veteran? America owes you; you dont owe us.