FIRST NOTE: I strongly recommend that you copy and paste this to an email and forward it to all your friends & family that are military retirees. But PLEASE ASK THEM DELETE YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS FROM THE FORWARDED EMAIL. You don't want your email address going all over for Spammers to pick up. You might also want to post this on any other web site you frequent.
SECOND NOTE: This email is rather long, but if you are Military Retired, it is very important that you read it and act to prevent loss of your earned benefits (Tricare and Tricare for Life)
If you are retired military, regardless of your age, please read this. Retirees under age 65 have several Tricare options, but once you turn 65 and start using Medicare, Tricare for Life will become your best Medicare Supplement and right now its free, but that may change. Keep reading to find out why.
Below was copied from a Retired Enlisted Association web site:
Subject: Tricare-for-Life on OMB Chopping Block.
If you know of anyone who is Retired Military, please forward this on to them.
I don't know how many of you partake of the Tricare-for-Life program but here is a very interesting note on the subject. Seems as though our President-elect has placed a priority on cutting it out of the budget as a means to provide funding for those things he promised during the campaign. In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional Budget Office report, there is a strong recommendation to eventually eliminate the program as it is too expensive. I would ask that you contact your elected officials and register your strong opposition to the elimination of this program. Just another move to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to the defense of our country. Thanks for listening.
Heads-up from BG Bob Clements, USAF Ret (P38 BoB)
(A footnote: BG Bob Clement is known with affection as"P38bob". He flew P38s in WWII. He was one of the stalwart warriors that led effectively from the front when the hard battles were being fought to bring Tricare for Life to reality.)
For more information on this, please click on the link below, which will take you to an article on the subject in the Military Officers Association of America web site:
http://www.moaa.org/lac/lac_asiseeit...eit_090108.htm
From what I have read/seen, the Military Officers Association of America and The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA) are gearing up to lobby Congress to prevent cuts in our earned benefits. Anyone that knows anything about Lobbying Congress, knows that the more members an organization has, the more likely a Congressman/Senator is to listen. The old saying STRENGTH IN NUMBERS was never more appropriate then it is in Lobbying.
If you are not already a member of one of these, I strongly recommend that you visit the appropriate website below and join ASAP. The cost of membership is nothing compared to what you may loose if our Tricare benefits get cut or eliminated. Besides, both organizations have great monthly magazines and a bunch of other member benefits. Check them out and look over their website at:
http://www.moaa.org
http://www.trea.org
One last thing, both of these organizations will ask you, and all its members, to write/email the President, your Congressman and Senators to help prevent cuts to Tricare. I personally think that writing an actual letter is better than email, but no matter how you do it, please write to them.
The TREA website has a option to send emails to your representatives and as far as I can tell, you don’t have to be a member to use it. First click on the TREA website above, then look under the LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER and you will see a place to enter your ZIP code, enter it and click on GO. You will get the name and picture of the President, Congressman and Senators, which you can then email separately or send one email to all of them.
Thanks for reading this. If you would like more information, do a GOOGLE search for: Tricare for Life Cuts. I sincerely hope you will join in the fight to prevent loss or cuts in our earned benefits.
Grumpy
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