“A medical doctor, Coburn told reporters last Monday: “Nobody in the country, as a single person working 20 years for the government, should be able to get health care for $250 a year. Nobody was ever promised that, and nobody should be able to do that.”
Instead, he wants to increase the enrollment fee for single retirees to “approximately $2,000 per year and $3,500 for a family.” At the same time he would limit out-of-pocket expenses at $7,500 for those retirees with families. He thinks these changes could save $11.5 billion a year.”
Not the same as a paltry $30/year increase. Coburn is an a$$hat!
The same thing happened when the previous administration outlawed employer support for Tricare supplement Plans. I worked for a contractor that provided a Tricare supplement because the premium for retired military was FAR, FAR less than the contribution to the HMO. We got the Tricare deductible picked up and the company save a ton of $$ without us on their rolls.
With an enrollment fee of $3500 it may well be less expensive to use employee HC, but that's not really the point is it? We retirees had at least an understanding with the government. I don't have a problem with reasonable fee increases, but increasing by a factor of nearly 10X is criminal!