Diesel
11-07-2009, 05:14 PM
PASS THIS TO ALL MILITARY RETIREES
This is true. It is on pages 77, 172, 218, and 434. You have to dig
to see the charges. We (retirees) would lose the Medicare for life
benefit and would have to pay. We would lose TRICARE as a total
care package. We would not be allowed to keep TRICARE so when
Obama stands and says if you like what you have you can keep it,
he lies.
This is a "Heads Up" on a battle we are facing now and down the
road with the new Administration. The Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) has already drafted proposed legislation that would basically
reduce our TRICARE for Life benefits to a system whereby we pay
deductibles and co-pays up to $6,301 the first year for you and
your spouse, with future years being indexed to increase with inflation.
What can we do? The article below, obtained from an Air Force
Association and written by BG Bob Clements, best describes what we
can do. Please read it and check the links for CBO language and do
what Bob says-Send this email to every Military Retiree you know
and write and email your Congressman often. For those of you that
might have voted for "Change", you should do it more than often!
TRICARE FOR LIFE'S FUTURE....
TRICARE For Life was instituted to correct the broken promise that
military retirees would receive free healthcare coverage for life
and it covers the Medicare co-pay. Now a heavy assault has begun on
Veterans'/Retirees' benefits to pay for other programs our
President promised during the campaign. An it is a high priority of
his administration. The one item of most interest to Retired
Military is in Article 189. If approved by Congress the first
assault wave would hit in 2011 and would hit hard. It would initiate
cost sharing to require retirees to pay the first $525 of medical cost
and 50% of the next $4,725 for a first year cost of $2,888 per person.
It would be indexed to increase with inflation. A reason given for this
action (for PR effect) is "overuse" by Retirees. For those of you who
are covered by TFL you will want to pay attention (Below) to what
BG Bob Clements has surfaced about the future of TFL.
In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional Budget Office report,
see the note below on how to get to that spot, there is a strong
recommendation to eventually eliminate the program as it is too
expensive. Just another move to slight those of us who dedicated
much of our adult lives to the defense of our country.
Strongly recommend that you contact your elected officials and
register your strong opposition to the elimination of the TFL
program. Heads-up from BG Bob Clements, USAF Ret(P38 Bob)
The following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web
Site www.cbo.gov/ (http://www.cbo.gov/) a. Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925 (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925))
For those who have never opened one of these web sites from OMB:
1. double click on the above URL
2. click on PDF
3. click on the binoculars
4. do a search for TFL
Now here it is folks and I will guarantee if you sit around on your
behind and do nothing about it as they bring these options forward
this coming year, you will lose one of the best healthcare benefits
that the Medicare eligible retired military have. It is short of
the promises made that we fought so hard for back in the late 90s
and early 2000s but it is still the best healthcare program that
anyone in the United States has, bar none.
People who are professionals always look for the channel of least
resistance when it comes to cutting money out of the Federal and
DOD budget. I can tell you this straight on, military retirees are
one of those channels of least resistance noted for sitting around,
doing nothing, and waiting for ole Joe to do it for them. You had
better wake up. Your medical benefits are prime target.
This is true. It is on pages 77, 172, 218, and 434. You have to dig
to see the charges. We (retirees) would lose the Medicare for life
benefit and would have to pay. We would lose TRICARE as a total
care package. We would not be allowed to keep TRICARE so when
Obama stands and says if you like what you have you can keep it,
he lies.
This is a "Heads Up" on a battle we are facing now and down the
road with the new Administration. The Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) has already drafted proposed legislation that would basically
reduce our TRICARE for Life benefits to a system whereby we pay
deductibles and co-pays up to $6,301 the first year for you and
your spouse, with future years being indexed to increase with inflation.
What can we do? The article below, obtained from an Air Force
Association and written by BG Bob Clements, best describes what we
can do. Please read it and check the links for CBO language and do
what Bob says-Send this email to every Military Retiree you know
and write and email your Congressman often. For those of you that
might have voted for "Change", you should do it more than often!
TRICARE FOR LIFE'S FUTURE....
TRICARE For Life was instituted to correct the broken promise that
military retirees would receive free healthcare coverage for life
and it covers the Medicare co-pay. Now a heavy assault has begun on
Veterans'/Retirees' benefits to pay for other programs our
President promised during the campaign. An it is a high priority of
his administration. The one item of most interest to Retired
Military is in Article 189. If approved by Congress the first
assault wave would hit in 2011 and would hit hard. It would initiate
cost sharing to require retirees to pay the first $525 of medical cost
and 50% of the next $4,725 for a first year cost of $2,888 per person.
It would be indexed to increase with inflation. A reason given for this
action (for PR effect) is "overuse" by Retirees. For those of you who
are covered by TFL you will want to pay attention (Below) to what
BG Bob Clements has surfaced about the future of TFL.
In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional Budget Office report,
see the note below on how to get to that spot, there is a strong
recommendation to eventually eliminate the program as it is too
expensive. Just another move to slight those of us who dedicated
much of our adult lives to the defense of our country.
Strongly recommend that you contact your elected officials and
register your strong opposition to the elimination of the TFL
program. Heads-up from BG Bob Clements, USAF Ret(P38 Bob)
The following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web
Site www.cbo.gov/ (http://www.cbo.gov/) a. Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925 (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925))
For those who have never opened one of these web sites from OMB:
1. double click on the above URL
2. click on PDF
3. click on the binoculars
4. do a search for TFL
Now here it is folks and I will guarantee if you sit around on your
behind and do nothing about it as they bring these options forward
this coming year, you will lose one of the best healthcare benefits
that the Medicare eligible retired military have. It is short of
the promises made that we fought so hard for back in the late 90s
and early 2000s but it is still the best healthcare program that
anyone in the United States has, bar none.
People who are professionals always look for the channel of least
resistance when it comes to cutting money out of the Federal and
DOD budget. I can tell you this straight on, military retirees are
one of those channels of least resistance noted for sitting around,
doing nothing, and waiting for ole Joe to do it for them. You had
better wake up. Your medical benefits are prime target.