g5000
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Here's the List of Military Clinics That Will No Longer Serve Retirees, Families
I am a retiree on Tricare Prime. The Republican Congress (Paul Ryan) kept trying to force me on Tricare Standard but I have a family member with a serious medical condition. I got my local Congressman to make them approve me for Tricare Prime.
The one downside of Tricare Prime as a retiree is that you can only use civilian doctors that are within 50 miles of a Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
Here's a funny thing. A VA hospital does not count as a MTF. How fucked up is that? I live within 20 miles of a VA hospital.
So the nearest MTF from where I live is about 100 miles away, which means I have to travel 50 miles to be within 50 miles of that MTF. My family member with the serious medical condition has to travel 50 miles in order to see a doctor.
This is truly fucked up. Before Paul Ryan changed the rules, we were able to go to a doctor right in the town where we live.
No one will ever convince me the GOP gives two shits about vets.
I am a retiree on Tricare Prime. The Republican Congress (Paul Ryan) kept trying to force me on Tricare Standard but I have a family member with a serious medical condition. I got my local Congressman to make them approve me for Tricare Prime.
The one downside of Tricare Prime as a retiree is that you can only use civilian doctors that are within 50 miles of a Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
Here's a funny thing. A VA hospital does not count as a MTF. How fucked up is that? I live within 20 miles of a VA hospital.
So the nearest MTF from where I live is about 100 miles away, which means I have to travel 50 miles to be within 50 miles of that MTF. My family member with the serious medical condition has to travel 50 miles in order to see a doctor.
This is truly fucked up. Before Paul Ryan changed the rules, we were able to go to a doctor right in the town where we live.
No one will ever convince me the GOP gives two shits about vets.
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