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Just as always Disabled Vets get the axe. I did not vote for him and I am amazed at what this congress and president are doing right in front of us and still so many believe the are just and good and will saze them. They are going to try to make Disabled Vets pay for their health care. I can not work for a living. I can not sit in one place for more than a few minutes without pain meds. I can not walk any distance or lift what I want. I can only put one hand over my head and I can't work with the public. I suffer from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder and when I become stressed I don't show it untill I fall asleep. YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE MY DREAMES.
Disabled Vets were told this health care BS would not affect us because we are on a government health plan. It is in the new HR bill that we have to sign up for the new program. You see, I don't get a choice I have to take what is given me. What happened to "You can keep your health care". Living off a VA pension and SS I will have to pay for my Tricare and be taxed on it too to help a bunch of lazy SOBs and illeagles.
A friend sent me this and I have checked its validity. I am asking for every one of you to please help. I earned my benifits the hard way. No illegals or welfare recipents were there with me.
THE END OF TRICARE FOR LIFE
To: All Military Retirees and Their Spouses/Surviving Spouses
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' benefit 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. This is just
another move to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to
the defense of our country. I 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(P 38 Bob) The
following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web Site
www.cbo.gov/
<http://www.cbo.gov/> ://www.cbo.gov/
blockedhttp://www.cbo.gov/ <http://www.cbo.gov/> http://www.cbo.gov/%20%
<http://www.cbo.gov/%20%25> http:/www.cbo.gov/ <http://www.cbo.gov/>
<http://www.cbo.gov/%20%25%20http:/www.cbo.gov/>
Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925>
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925>
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm? index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?%20index=9925>
blockedhttp://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 2000's 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. If you lose
them, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Let me repeat that ... you have
nobody to blame but yourself.
The way to secure your benefits, is to write to your members of Congress
and to keep writing and writing and writing. ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH!! Keep
repeating the above statement until you are blue in the face. Now I'm going
to make one more statement to all of you younger people out there who are
not yet eligible for TRICARE for Life. HEALTH CARE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME
THE DOMINATING FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE. Remember that . . . . it will impact you
big time with the utmost in cruelty unless you are fortunate enough to die
from a heart attack or get run over by a truck. The service organizations
will put up a fight, but, they will need your help and can't do it by
themselves. I hope this makes it clear as to what you can expect if you do
nothing. To show you how stupid these professionals can be at times just
read the data on the noted sites closely. You will see that in spite of the
MTF's (Military Treatment Facility) need to get patients back to keep their
doctors busy and the hospitals from going to clinic status, these people
from OMB would employ a means to keep retirees from using MTF facilities by
charging them a fee for services. How dumb can you get. Even if you are an
Obama fan, and believe that change cometh, TFL option from OMB will not go
away.
They
need the money they spend on you for other programs for people who produce
nothing but votes to keep their boss in office. If you know of anyone who is
Retired Military, please forward this on to them.
Remember- TFL is an "Earned Benefit" that's been granted by a previous
Congress. Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO.
So even if you are not eligible for TFL, please write your congress
person and tell them what you think about the idea of any fooling with these
benefits that a lot of folks gave a lot of blood to earn, and not to have
some one just go to Washington and take them away from us.
Disabled Vets were told this health care BS would not affect us because we are on a government health plan. It is in the new HR bill that we have to sign up for the new program. You see, I don't get a choice I have to take what is given me. What happened to "You can keep your health care". Living off a VA pension and SS I will have to pay for my Tricare and be taxed on it too to help a bunch of lazy SOBs and illeagles.
A friend sent me this and I have checked its validity. I am asking for every one of you to please help. I earned my benifits the hard way. No illegals or welfare recipents were there with me.
THE END OF TRICARE FOR LIFE
To: All Military Retirees and Their Spouses/Surviving Spouses
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' benefit 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. This is just
another move to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to
the defense of our country. I 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(P 38 Bob) The
following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web Site
www.cbo.gov/
<http://www.cbo.gov/> ://www.cbo.gov/
blockedhttp://www.cbo.gov/ <http://www.cbo.gov/> http://www.cbo.gov/%20%
<http://www.cbo.gov/%20%25> http:/www.cbo.gov/ <http://www.cbo.gov/>
<http://www.cbo.gov/%20%25%20http:/www.cbo.gov/>
Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925>
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index9925>
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm? index=9925
<http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?%20index=9925>
blockedhttp://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 2000's 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. If you lose
them, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Let me repeat that ... you have
nobody to blame but yourself.
The way to secure your benefits, is to write to your members of Congress
and to keep writing and writing and writing. ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH!! Keep
repeating the above statement until you are blue in the face. Now I'm going
to make one more statement to all of you younger people out there who are
not yet eligible for TRICARE for Life. HEALTH CARE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME
THE DOMINATING FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE. Remember that . . . . it will impact you
big time with the utmost in cruelty unless you are fortunate enough to die
from a heart attack or get run over by a truck. The service organizations
will put up a fight, but, they will need your help and can't do it by
themselves. I hope this makes it clear as to what you can expect if you do
nothing. To show you how stupid these professionals can be at times just
read the data on the noted sites closely. You will see that in spite of the
MTF's (Military Treatment Facility) need to get patients back to keep their
doctors busy and the hospitals from going to clinic status, these people
from OMB would employ a means to keep retirees from using MTF facilities by
charging them a fee for services. How dumb can you get. Even if you are an
Obama fan, and believe that change cometh, TFL option from OMB will not go
away.
They
need the money they spend on you for other programs for people who produce
nothing but votes to keep their boss in office. If you know of anyone who is
Retired Military, please forward this on to them.
Remember- TFL is an "Earned Benefit" that's been granted by a previous
Congress. Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO.
So even if you are not eligible for TFL, please write your congress
person and tell them what you think about the idea of any fooling with these
benefits that a lot of folks gave a lot of blood to earn, and not to have
some one just go to Washington and take them away from us.
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