Well that is a problem I'm trying to sort out. It seems that the present military are getting much more medical care then they ever imagined at the time the promise was made because the kinds of care we have presently was unimaginable as well as the resultant costs.
Unlike the impression the article leaves, my impression is that there are several methods by which military retires can access care. Some who choose to live in out of the way places may find it moe difficult but that is the price they pay for choosing to live in out of the way places.
Unlike the claims of the article that the gov't is choosing to spend its money on foriegn aid and not the military because its too expensive, I dodn't se that either. The "too expensive" comments go to the mode of delivery and not the choice of supplying them.
As to the implied claims that its unamerican that we don't just give the retired military everything they might ask for, (such implication made when the folks make the case that they deserve it apart from the promises made), I also take issue with that. These folks fought for our freedom. Its hardly logical that they want to require future military folks and ciitizens to have to fork over there hard earned dollars so that the retirees can have better care than the current military. That hardly makes sense.
What you are asking is that my son, a new recruit, be liable to pay for a benefit the retired military will enjoy today that he himself is not entitled to. That just sounds wrong.