I guarantee there will be a front page story in the various military times newspapers about some retired NCO with a special needs kid, wife with cancer, etc. who slipped through the cracks and is now facing bankruptcy due to medical bills. Not saying some people aren’t willfully obtuse, but it will happen. My beef, is simply that a mediocre healthcare package is being watered down even further. I’m fortunate to work at a place with fantastic health insurance options that I’ve already been using as my primary bill payer. The decision I need to make is whether Tricare Select is worth keeping. On basic principle, I want to make the government cover at least some of my expenses because they said they would. However, practically it may be a waste of my time and money. What really angers me are the folks who also earned it and don’t have the financial means to laugh off the increased costs. Not everyone waltzes straight off active duty and into a job that pays substantially better like many pilots do.