Originally Posted by
Timbo
Re. the Tri Care post:
I did volunteer to serve, and served for 8 years, but to get Tri Care coverage, you have to be on active duty, (or Reserves) or retired AD, ie. put in 20 years.
But ultimately, who is it that's paying for your Tri Care?
The Civilians...you know, those other Tax Payers that don't have access to Tri Care.
You bring up a good point. If you don't retire either AD or reserve, you don't get tricare. I should have pointed that out. Using tricare as an example of government healthcare is just not a good example, but too frequently it is brought up anyway. To those folks who say the government should pay for everyone's healthcare, just like tricare, I tell them to volunteer, do 20 and retire (AD or reserve). Otherwise universal healthcare is just another example of bribing people with the people's money.
I count my self lucky that I was able to retire. That isn't always the case and now in a budget cutting move, they are throwing folks out before they reach 20.