c9skytrain
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I got my monthly email newsletter from MOAA, and they had the following in one of their articles on Tricare for mil. retirees. I had a good laugh. I highlighted the applicable para.
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Stop Military-Unique Health Penalty
A provision included in both the House- and Senate-passed versions of the FY2007 Defense Authorization Act would bar civilian employers from providing cash payments to working military retirees in order to persuade them to drop the company health plan and use TRICARE instead.
The Defense Department complained that this practice - one airline sent all of its pilots a letter offering them a cash payment to do that - was allowing employers to shift their health costs to the Pentagon, and both House and Senate leaders agreed that shouldn't be allowed.
Legislators agreed with MOAA and The Military Coalition that the Pentagon's proposed fix - doubling and tripling retirees' TRICARE fees to try to drive them away from TRICARE - was the wrong answer, and worked to address the issue with employers instead.
Since Medicare law already bars employers from offering cash incentives to employees over age 65 to drop the company health plan and start taking Medicare, they put similar language in the Defense bill concerning incentives to take TRICARE.
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I figger it was one of the biggies. Anyone know?
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Stop Military-Unique Health Penalty
A provision included in both the House- and Senate-passed versions of the FY2007 Defense Authorization Act would bar civilian employers from providing cash payments to working military retirees in order to persuade them to drop the company health plan and use TRICARE instead.
The Defense Department complained that this practice - one airline sent all of its pilots a letter offering them a cash payment to do that - was allowing employers to shift their health costs to the Pentagon, and both House and Senate leaders agreed that shouldn't be allowed.
Legislators agreed with MOAA and The Military Coalition that the Pentagon's proposed fix - doubling and tripling retirees' TRICARE fees to try to drive them away from TRICARE - was the wrong answer, and worked to address the issue with employers instead.
Since Medicare law already bars employers from offering cash incentives to employees over age 65 to drop the company health plan and start taking Medicare, they put similar language in the Defense bill concerning incentives to take TRICARE.
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I figger it was one of the biggies. Anyone know?
