I have had the same primary care Doc for nearly 25 years, since I retired.
So has my wife.
Both physicians appear to very happy with the arrangement.
The premiums have slowly crept upward, but I'm not going to complain about that, since it is less than $45.00 per month, with a $12.00 co-pay and $25.00 hospital fee.
The drug fees are beyond my comprehension, with some new rule or something coming out nearly every other day.
One month, I pay .82 cents for 4 antibiotics for a dental visit (I'm a "medicate for life", due to knee replacement), the next time it's $4.80.
Express Scripts sometimes sends my meds and my wife's free, sometimes they charge.
But in comparison to what others around me are paying, I am truly blessed.
I go to Medicare with Tricare for Life this year and my copays go away completely, as does a premium for Tricare for me. My wife's goes to something like $215.00 per year.
I do have to start paying the $110.00 a month or whatever the amount is for Medicare.
I have never been turned down at any hospital or in any doctor's office.
Every referral made by my primary care Doc has been accepted and treatment was first class.
Other than the damned politicians threatening on an almost daily basis to take it away, I have no problem with Tricare.
I must say that I was promised FREE medical care for me and my family for life, if I gave them at least 20 years of my life.
I kept up my side of that bargain...they have not quite lived up to their side of it, although what they have charged me for it has not been a deal breaker, compared to what the rest of the public is paying.
So, all in all and all things considered, I can't really complain.
I’m retired & on Tricare. I’ve seen a doctor one time in the last 3 years. The visit lasted 2 minutes, tops. He asked me one question. The PA who used to handle my stuff left and was not replaced, so they now outsource me to whoever is willing to take almost no pay. I reckon I’d better stay healthy, because I’m screwed if I get sick.
“So, all in all and all things considered, I can’t really complain. “
Your “complaints” will start when the systems go bust. But unless you are young, you are quite likely to escape the collapse. But think what’s been left to your children and their children. I actually consider myself lucky to have lived when I have, because I think I’ve seen the best of America. With all the “immigration,” it cannot remain the country in which I lived and prospered. The “huddled masses” are poised to destroy it.
I could have written the same things myself, you and I appear to feel the same about Tricare. For me, its actually working therefore it must be scrapped.