When I was in the military we were supposed to have free healthcare for life. That was one of the few good things about giving your life to the military service. Toward the end of our service, Tricare was forced on us and the deal was broken with free healthcare for life. Now congress wants to take part of that away too. We can’t keep treating our military like this...it’s not right.
I’m LTC. USA. retired.
I’m not quite as accomodating as some here on FR. For one thing we served our country. For some that service included death or maiming. For the rest of us, every day we were on Active or Reserve Duty we were subject to being deployed into harm’s way. So I think there is a bit of difference between a military retirement or a private sector/civil service retirement.
If we were in a situation where everything that could have been done to fix our present economic and gov’t spending problems was done, I would consider looking at military retirement. But the fact is, the idiots in Washington have done nothing but continue spending and screw up the economy.
Also, it should be kept in mind that upon becoming eligible for Medicare, TRICARE becomes the secondary insurance. That aside, telling people who lost limbs and/or eyesight in the service of their country they must now pay out of pocket for their situation strikes me as being the ultimate disrespect.