{"id":23382,"date":"2011-05-12T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23382"},"modified":"2011-05-12T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T17:43:55","slug":"your-free-health-care-will-get-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23382","title":{"rendered":"Your “free health care” will get more expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, those douche bags in Congress fell for the Obama Administration’s plan<\/a> to raise TriCare fees on retired veterans who were promised free health care for life when they enlisted and reenlisted. By the way, they called it “sensible rate hikes” so because you expect the military to keep the promises they made, you’re senseless;<\/p>\n

The committee voted early Thursday to allow the first bump in TRICARE Prime enrollment fees in more than 15 years. Retirees not yet eligible for Medicare would see a $30-a-year fee increase, to $260, for individual coverage and a $60 hike, to $520, for family coverage.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s bill also would allow these fees for retirees to be adjusted each year to keep pace with inflation. But while the Department of Defense wanted the fees indexed to medical inflation nationwide, the committee language would cap any increase to the percentage rise in retired pay made through by the annual COLA or cost-of-living adjustment.<\/p>\n

Rep. Howard P. \u201cBuck\u201d McKeon (R-Calif.), the new committee chairman, called it a \u201csensible\u201d approach to TRICARE fees. The committee\u2019s final version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2012 also would allow co-pays to rise, by $2 or $3, on prescriptions filled in the TRICARE network of retail pharmacies, a move to encourage greater use of TRICARE mail order.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, go ahead and argue that it’s a pittance…but, tell me what part of “promise of free health care for life” you don’t understand and I’ll try to draw you a crayon picture that you’ll understand. I fulfilled my promise to the country and I can’t get that back. <\/p>\n

Let’s wait and see what everyone else is giving up to balance the budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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