[tgusa]

Great. Meanwhile our emergency rooms are clogged with illegal immigrants and indigents. I could just puke.

[surely_you_jest]

That bastard Gates is at it again. There will be a special place in Hell for him, once he moves on. Which can’t happen soon enough for me.

[satan]

Once again the military can be used to show the efficiency of our corrupt government. Chip away at the last potential defenders of our Constitution.

[darkwing104]

Promise made will soon be broken...

Gates has to be the second worst Sec of Def of all time...

[OldMissileer]

I pay more than $460 per year for my Prime. Second, Federal employees get paid more than military members, both in pay and benefits, so stop trying to lump them together.

Third, I do no get paid much right now and if I took the POS health benefit from my employer I would literally get about $175 per week after the deduction and still have to pay a huge deductible. At least my deductibles in Tricare Prime are manageable.

[JoanneSD]

Federal workers pay roughly $5,000 a year for a comparable health insurance program, he said. MY husband spent 22 years of his life serving this country with the promise of health care for life..These federal workers do not spent years at combat, months at a time separated from their families, and friends, miss their kids birth days, weddings, graduations and etc. there is no way Gates can compare the two..a military person signs a conract with the US Government, which includes giving his life for this country....Gates needs to go.... and fast "

[katiedidit1]

As we give 6 billion a year to the UN. I prefer making huge cuts to not only the UN but to all foreign aid first.

[panthermom]

When the average Federal Employee makes the same money as our troops then you can compare costs!

Plus, don’t even get me started on illegals and their costs regarding healthcare!!!!

[silverleaf]

“working age” retirees to pay more for their “free healthcare for life” (just sign in the dotted line) because..well..they are “working age”

meanwhile the “working age” welfare classes in their teens and 20’s and 30’s pay nothing for their healthcare because..well...they aren’t working, are they

[silverleaf]

“working age” retirees to pay more for their “free healthcare for life” (just sign in the dotted line) because..well..they are “working age” (get a job, ya bum, war’s over for you)

meanwhile the “working age” welfare classes in their teens and 20’s and 30’s pay nothing for their healthcare because..well...they aren't working, are they

[GailA]

Those over 65 will be next on his list.

DoD Budget 2012: Pay and TRICARE
http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2011/01/tricare-fee-outlook-for-2012/?wh=wh

he Sec­re­tary of Defense, Robert Gates, is mak­ing the rounds talk­ing about his pro­posed FY2012 bud­get. Although cur­rently light on details, the news seems good for mil­i­tary pay and ben­e­fits, but, not-so-good for mil­i­tary retirees who rely on TRICARE.

Mil­i­tary Pay and Ben­e­fits — Defense Sec­re­tary Gates plans to cut troops in order to cut costs. The troop level cuts are not to start until 2015, but this does reflect Gates’ ear­lier state­ments about look­ing at cut­ting troops before cut­ting pay and ben­e­fits.

TRICARE – On the other hand, Sec. Gates has stated that he is seek­ing changes to the military’s TRICARE med­ical pro­gram, not­ing that fees have not risen since the pro­gram replaced CHAMPUS in 1995. He said he is propos­ing mod­est increases to fees for working-age mil­i­tary retirees.