"Question: How do you "save $2.4 billion" without cutting benefits? Answer: You don't."
So you're saying that there is no way that individual servicemembers could spend that money more efficiently than CHAMPUS and TRICARE bureaucrats do?
I suppose they could--by doing without medical benefits. Get real.
Are you aware of how little TriCare actually pays on hospital, doctor, and prescription bills? Some doctors in our area won't even accept Tri Care. On a hospital stay I had awhile ago, the bill was in the thousands; Tri Care paid a few hundred. The hospital ate most of the rest of it (except cost-share). I'd say Tri Care manages to keep the costs down pretty well. Of course, cutting us off altogether would probably be preferable to some of you.