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  • Romney: Obama wants vets to cough up $$$ to pay for Obamacare (TRICARE on the ropes)

    09/01/2012 11:18:55 AM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 8/29/12 | Joel Gehrke
    Romney: Obama wants vets to cough up $$$ to pay for ObamacareJoel Gehrke - Commentary Writer August 29, 2012 | 4:31 pm Mitt Romney attacked President Obama, during a pre-convention speech to the American Legion, for raising military health care costs in order to pay for Obamacare. “The Obama administration has also requested $12 billion in TRICARE fee increases,” Romney said today. “I will not ask our wartime military to shoulder more sacrifices while the rest of government grows. I will not ask our service members – active or retired – to pay more for their health care to free...
  • Obama to Soldiers: Pay Up

    06/29/2012 12:02:46 PM PDT · by sunmars · 68 replies
    The Obama administration on Friday threatened to veto a defense appropriations bill in part because it does not include higher health care fees for members of the military. “The Administration is disappointed that the Congress did not incorporate the requested TRICARE fee initiatives into either the appropriation or authorization legislation,” the White House wrote in an official policy statement expressing opposition to the bill, which the House approved in May. President Obama’s most recent budget proposal includes billions of dollars in higher fees for members of TRICARE, the military health care system, and is part of the administration’s plan to...