{"id":28806,"date":"2012-02-19T17:18:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T21:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28806"},"modified":"2012-02-19T17:25:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T21:25:48","slug":"veterans-share-of-the-budget-not-being-balanced-on-our-backs-13b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28806","title":{"rendered":"Veterans’ share of the budget not being balanced on our backs; $13B"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Military Officers Association of America reports<\/a> that military retirees will absorb over $13 billion in the Defense Department budget through increases in our healthcare costs which will be passed on to all ranks at every age, including those over 65 years old;<\/p>\n

TRICARE Prime annual enrollment fees for retired families (currently $520) would rise as high as $820 starting October 1, 2012, and rise to as much as $2,048 within five years, with fees based on military retired pay amount.<\/p>\n

TRICARE Standard beneficiaries would start paying a $140 annual family enrollment fee and a slightly increased deductible ($320) starting Oct 1, with the enrollment fee and deductible rising to $250 and $580, respectively within 5 years. These would be flat fees for all Standard beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

Retirees and family members age 65 and older would start paying an annual TRICARE For Life (TFL) enrollment fee of up to $135 per person starting this Oct. 1. This fee also would be graduated based on retired pay amount, and would rise to as much as $475 per year within 5 years.<\/p>\n

Pharmacy copays for retail and mail-order brand-name medications would more than double (from $12 to $26) starting Oct 1. Copays for non-formulary medications that currently cost $25 would also more than double, to $51, and availability would be mostly restricted to the mail-order venue, with only limited retail access. The brand-name and non-formulary copays would rise to $34 and $66, respectively, within 5 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, that’s why Panetta took over the Defense Department…he’s a hitman who’ll take the blame for these massive hikes during the election season to deflect blame from the president. Panetta doesn’t need your vote to keep his job. Now where are those fuckers who told me four years ago that Obama would never do this? Where’s fucking VoteVets and IAVA? They put the President in office, so where are they with that blather about how Obama is the best thing that ever happened to veterans? <\/p>\n

I got in a pissing contest with IAVA’s Reickoff yesterday on Facebook<\/a> over his pointless blather for a parade, but his lack of support for veterans’ healthcare. He pointed to some IAVA bullshit about “How the budget cuts will impact you<\/a>“, not a word of condemnation of the current administration for their blatant screwing of veterans to the wall.<\/p>\n

Thanks to ROS for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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