[VerySadAmerican]

I’ve been saying this for years. I was told my healthcare would be free for life. I even had it explained to me that it was all part of the compensation. Now I pay co-pays on my meds and $50 an office visit other than the two yearly check up visits.

[markomalley]

I recognize that there is a pretty bad fiscal situation and as a retiree myself, I am more than willing to do my part if (and the following list is IN ORDER):

1. AFTER they cut out the extra-Constitutional activities performed by FEDGOV (i.e., those activities that are not explicitly identified in Article 1 Section 8 and the various Constitutional Amendments) (BTW, since transfer payments are extra-constitutional, this statement includes those transfer payments)
2. AFTER Congress has eliminated their own cushy retirement (not that it fiscally does that much, but it would make them appear to "lead from the front")
3. AFTER Congress eliminates all pensions and TSP matching funds from current civilian government employees (the rationale being that they were not under the UCMJ and have always had the option to disobey idiots and turn down assignments w/o risk of court-martial)

If they do all the above IN ORDER (in other words, they do #1...and if that isn't sufficient, move to #2, and if that doesn't work, then finally do #3), I would be willing to consider consenting to some sacrifice.

But not until that point. I am not at all sanguine to having to give anything up from my retirement (nor am I willing to give anything up as far as current / retired military benefits for the troops) as long as free money is provided to illegal aliens, foreign dictators, or the lazy who choose not to work.

[1_Inch_Group]

During a hospital stay at one of the VA system places...I wanted to get out as soon as possible. The reason was the cost.

Told the nurses I wanted to leave before I couldn’t pay the bill. One told me that I had already paid my bill.

Never got any bills from that stay.

Probably shouldn’t have said anything out loud. ;)