But, when I pay $1,000 a month for the privilege of possessing any form of health insurance (for two)...
When I have nearly $4,000 in uncovered costs currently in dispute after having already paid way over $4,000 in related co-payments for the same period...
When two of my past bosses had the life long luxury of enjoying AF retiree medical, and Cal state medical, and their double dipped industry retirement medical...
And were crass enough to brag about it...
I can't get too sweaty over an increase in Tricare co-payments.
Don't begrudge earned benefits, but those two instances/four individuals represent eight policy premiums that someone other than the recipient should not be paying for.
Your two examples are the exception, not the rule.
They are also fine examples of class warfare.
I’m very sorry you had such bad experiences with a few bad idiots.
One bad experience should not effect the entire retired Miliary. Not all of them made brass rank. Not all of them have huge retirements. People who worked 2 careers earned the right to their retirements.
If you join at 18 retire at 38 after 20 years. They should go out and get another career for the next 20-30 years, thereby contributing to the economy and country. You’d be more upset if after 20 years and at age 38 they just sat on their butts and lived off their Military retirement.
I went for years with no health ins at all. And when I did have it, there were no such things as co-pays, or dr visits, just for in hospital care, and hospital care. With big deductibles. I paid payments when it was necessary for years to pay off what was not a covered medical care for me and my 3 boys.
TRL is an entitlement that our Military earned.
If it truly bothers you then don’t do a thing about it.
That is the wonderful thing about the USA, it is your right to not participate.