VILE: Trump admin wants to cut veteran / retiree healthcare benefits (Tricare) to pay down deficit..

[CousinIT]

...created by the Trump Tax Scam

CBO Suggests Raising Tricare Fees, Cutting Veteran Benefits to Slash Deficit

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/01/14/cbo-suggests-raising-tricare-fees-cutting-veteran-benefits-slash-deficit.html

With the federal deficit expected to top $1 trillion this year, the Congressional Budget Office in December published a list of options for reducing the imbalance over the next 10 years, including three suggestions on Tricare and six that address veterans benefits.

In its Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028, the CBO laid out 121 opportunities for curtailing spending and raising revenue. These include raising Tricare enrollment fees for military retirees, instituting enrollment fees for Tricare for Life and reducing veterans benefits.

The publication marks the fourth time in five years that the CBO has suggested raising Tricare enrollment fees for working-age retirees and introducing minimum out-of-pocket expenses for those using Tricare for Life.

The CBO suggested that increasing Tricare enrollment fees for working-age retirees -- those under age 65 -- could help slash the deficit by $12.6 billion. To obtain this, it said, the Defense Department should more than double annual enrollment fees for individuals and families enrolled in Tricare Prime and institute annual fees of $485 for an individual and $970 for a family for Tricare Select. Most working-age retirees currently pay no enrollment fees for Tricare Select.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. ..and yet they applaud him at his frequent photo-op appearances.

Unreal. Just unreal.

[madville]

5. The CBO works under Congress

Not the Executive Branch.

https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/legislative-branch-partners/congressional-budget-office

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. K&R This veteran doesn't "applaud him."

[Iliyah]

2. These people are cruel.

[madville]

3. The CBO is part of Congress

They develop budget analysis for Congress, I don't think they are part of the Administration. They always suggest raising taxes/fees and slashing spending, it's their job to do analysis to balance the budget.

https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/legislative-branch-partners/congressional-budget-office

[appalachiablue]

4. SAMO evil 'game'

[marylandblue]

6. This came from the Congressional Budget Office, not from Trump.

It's just a list of possibilities, not policy prescriptions. The CBO reports to Congress and has a good reputation for impartiality. So if someone asks them to come up with a list of money saving ideas, that's exactly what they will do, without regard to politics.

[Docreed2003]

7. Fuck them for suggesting this

Our veterans deserve better than to be viewed as a line item which can be trimmed. This suggestion is a slap in the face.

[RKP5637]

8. I wonder what the ass in the WH can do to help, like ending his endless gallivanting around at

tax payers expense. All those trips to Mar-a-Lago, shuttling his family all over the place. The endless golf games.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Well,let's not forget.

This issue or story line was right in our face during the 2016 campign season. And,it was regurgitated by the Rethugs last year during the Campaign Season. Folks this has been in plain sight for more the three years.

Step one,give the Rich Assholes mega Tax Breaks.

Step two,well now the chickens came home to roost,golly we will take away those Entitlements cause we can not afford them cause we gave the Rich AssHoles their Tax Breaks to supply us with unlimited Campaign Funds in order to take away more of those Entitlements.

This Bull Crap Started with Reagan and is now on major Roids.