Just checked my husband's SGLI...the monthly deduction was $16.25 for the $250K coverage he has.
Considering my husband is airborne infantry currently deployed in Iraq, that montly premium for that amount of coverage is likely much lower than he would pay with a private insurance company (if he were even allowed coverage).
I don't really have any complaints about it. IMUS needs to pay a little more attention to his own problems.
Thank your husband for his service and for your biting comments.
I paid $20 a month for $100k for almost 15 years until they upped the ante and charged us less. After retiring, I learned that you can't touch $250K for less than 3 times the amount the gov't charges. It's subsidized by the taxpayers, that's why the amount is what it is.
Folks, if you don't know, the taxpayer who doles out his or her dollars are directly reponsible for the benefits the military members have. Unfortunately, it has to go through all the pols in Washington to get down to the troops. To pay for pork projects, they have to skim off some of the benies we would get. That's why pay raises stay around 3-4%, insurance stays around $250k, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I always appreciated what was there and what I have now as a result of my service.