Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 23, 2012 12:31:01 GMT -5
In spite of increasing numbers of elegible folks, it seems that Tricare is currently running a surplus. Some folks want to grab these funds fo other uses.
Tom Philpott | August 22, 2012
So the Department of Defense wants to "reprogram" into other accounts $708 million in surplus TRICARE dollars, "to cover higher than expected fuel prices, the unscheduled deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East and higher transportation costs tied to Pakistan's closure of the main land route for U.S. supplies into Afghanistan."
This is why Social Security is in such bad straits. Rather than reduce fees to military personnel who are underpaid to begin with, or rather than bank any "surplus" to cover future increases, such as rising medical costs due to Obamacare, Defense officials think this is their piggybank.
Sorry, the trough is closed to you. Man up and take the hit for missing your forecast. Or use Obama's excuse, as needed, that it's Bush's fault.
read the entire article here
Tom Philpott | August 22, 2012
So the Department of Defense wants to "reprogram" into other accounts $708 million in surplus TRICARE dollars, "to cover higher than expected fuel prices, the unscheduled deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East and higher transportation costs tied to Pakistan's closure of the main land route for U.S. supplies into Afghanistan."
This is why Social Security is in such bad straits. Rather than reduce fees to military personnel who are underpaid to begin with, or rather than bank any "surplus" to cover future increases, such as rising medical costs due to Obamacare, Defense officials think this is their piggybank.
Sorry, the trough is closed to you. Man up and take the hit for missing your forecast. Or use Obama's excuse, as needed, that it's Bush's fault.
read the entire article here
