Gates is well aware that many of us leave the service at working age with many medical issues. He does not care and wants to force us off TRICARE. The traitor is not concerned with our welfare, lets hope our conservatives in Congress are. If they did a $20 a month increase in TRICARE with a $40 decrease in the Survivor Benefit Plan, I would buy that as it switches money from an insurance policy I may never need to medical care. But, there needs to be a trade off.
OldGoat, many of the age group being targeted are Vietnam vets. A war that Clinton and his ilk “loathed” even tho it was dems that escalated that war.
My husband is CPO retired and I understand what you are dealing with as far as the Survivors Benefits and Tricare goes...imo there are so many other areas that should be cut first.
Also, you remember that the military was omitted from Obamacare until Skelton caught it and the VFW went to DC and lobbied hard to have it put back in...dangerous bunch in the white house. God bless our veterans and PS...my father was also a retired Navy Chief that worked for 17 yrs after getting out but died at the age of 62. He had the very type of health issues you refer to