Of course they have. It's long been part of the plan to bring down the military health care system for both retirees and dependents.
Stage one is to get AIDS care paid for by the government.
Stage two is to complain about the "cost of dependent and retiree" care and to demonize them.
Stage three is to move it all to single-payer obamacare.
All your healthcare belong to us.
I can’t dispute your logic. This is NOT a good thing. Not by a long shot.