tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post6801510730194046868..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Dominant MovesDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-15447826232651438252014-01-13T10:46:50.047-05:002014-01-13T10:46:50.047-05:00Here,
BTW, military retiree health care is not e...Here,<br /> BTW, military retiree health care is not entirely "free". A retiree can gain health care from four sources:<br /><br />1. VA. For his service connected problems, if he lives near a VA hospital and if he has the luxury of time to wait for sub-standard treatment.<br /><br />2. At an active duty hospital, on a space available basis. Since the Carter administration, military treatment facilities have been cutting back on the space available and the 12 years of war has increased demand in he Active duty... so don't count on this. But if you can get in, it is free. And if you have private insurance, they will get billed for this visit.<br /><br />3. Tricare Prime. Pay a monthly fee, pretty low, plus a co-pay per office visit. Can only visit doctors inside the network.<br /><br />4. Tri-care standard. Pay the first 20% of treatment plus some reasonable amount for annual deductible. <br /><br />5. When a retiree becomes medicare eligible, he has to pay for full part B too to continue getting his tri-care benefits.<br /><br />So... Not "free". But still a pretty good deal.<br /><br />And I fully expect the whole thing to be cut and farmed out to Medicare or Obamacare pretty soon.<br /><br />--HaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-46198624782078592772014-01-13T10:04:06.500-05:002014-01-13T10:04:06.500-05:00I call total BS on this story. He's making al...I call total BS on this story. He's making almost as much in take home pension as I'm making working my a$$ off, he gets free medical care, access to the base exchanges, and he can't afford a studio apartment somewhere?<br /><br />I'm with Hale. This is crap.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-33108767337426084202014-01-13T08:48:15.477-05:002014-01-13T08:48:15.477-05:00This is not a typical "homeless vet" sto...This is not a typical "homeless vet" story. More like a "senior manager who failed to plan ahead, made bad choices, lives above his means, and chooses to live in a van instead of cutting back on his other expenses" story.<br /><br />It is typical of senior management in the real world who get cut when the company downsizes and then they discover that other companies don't want him either.<br /><br />My easy reference to DFAS shows a full colonel with 30 years in gets over 82K in retirement pension. Not 40K. So it looks like he is splitting that with his wife, but still that leaves him with plenty.<br /><br />I hate seeing full colonels whine about how hard they have it. This guy spend the last ten years of his career being treated like royalty and now he finds out his rank means nothing out here.<br />--HaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com