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OBAMA TO CUT HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY
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[quote:No Dhimmi:MV8yMTIxMDI0X0Q4NDY3MDUw] The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials. Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges. http://patriotupdate.com/2013/01/obama-to-cut-healthcare-benefits-for-military/ Significantly, the plan calls for increases between 30 percent to 78 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, [b]the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent—more than 3 times current levels.[/b] http://freebeacon.com/trashing-tricare/ [/quote]
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The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials. Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges.
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Significantly, the plan calls for increases between 30 percent to 78 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that,
the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent—more than 3 times current levels.
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