“Translated from legislative parlance, veterans couldn’t double dip. Under the original leadership plan, they had access to both the credits and VA benefits. But they could choose only one.”
Well, we Vets SHOULDN’T double-dip. Sign up for one or the other. *SHRUG*
I use the VA for my health care. They treat me like gold.
I think the point is that it forces you into the VA care.
I agree. One or the other, and I am a veteran also leaving in 1976. Take the credit or take the free care - whatever it is.
More than that. If the healthcare problem is to be fixed, there are going to be people who will be hurt by it, even if we don’t want them hurt, and that includes vets.
Either get it fixed or get stuck in the mud because we cannot bear who will be hurt by it.
Well, we Vets SHOULDN’T double-dip. Sign up for one or the other. *SHRUG*
I use the VA for my health care. They treat me like gold.
That would have been OK. This is the next paragraph:
"By design or by accident, leadership staffers struck that language. Now retired service members qualify only if they "are not eligible" for other types of government healthcare. According to ... , that means "individuals eligible for, but not enrolled in, VA coverage cannot qualify for the new insurance subsidies."
Does this have anything to do with the families of veterans? Just wondering because families are not eligible for VA care.
I’m on Tricare Prime. I’m sure you are aware that while all Military Retirees are Veterans, all Veteran’s aren’t Military Retirees.
In my case, it would be a several hour drive to a VA clinic/hospital. I have a lot of medical issues, I am poor, and I need all the advantages I can get. OH, and I PAY for Tricare.
I hope that my fellow retirees are aware that not all of us have it as good as some of the others do.