...waiting for HH6, 333386 and Skip82 to chime in.
Funny how all the soldier boys are the first to criticise "socialised" medicine... if they disagree with socialised medicine on principle, why did they join the government-run taxpayer-funded socialised military with it's government-run taxpayer-funded socialised education and government-run taxpayer-funded socialised healthcare...?
Is it just another case of right wingers objecting to anyone else getting what they have?
...eh, aren't you a soldier getting your healthcare on everyone else's dime?
The Luke
It's Luke at his finest, more supreme buffoonery. What manner or crack-headed reasoning did you use on this one?
333386 isn't in the military; I think Skip is (or was). Of course, you could talk that smack to HH6. But, you know he'll dismember your musings, if you do.
Military healthcare IS NOT socialized healthcare. You only get it (TriCare) IF you're under DoD's employ.
In other words, you MUST WORK (a novel concept for you, perhaps) for DoD to get its benefits. You aren't entitled to such, simply because you have a pulse. Said another way. you don't get Wal-Mart's benefits, if you work at Chick-Fil-A or don't work at all.
But you are a veteran, right? And, as a veteran, if you end up being one of those 15-17% of INSURED Americans who are denied coverage in the case of catastrophic illness... you can simply fall back on your government-run taxpayer-funded socialised healthcare.
Must be nice.
The rest of those ONE IN SIX INSURED AMERICANS who end up being denied coverage in the case of catastrophic illness just have to go bankrupt; end up homeless or die.
No wonder you are so pro-socialism.
The Lukee
Once you separate from the military, your healthcare benefits are GONE. Just as in the civilian world, if you lost your job, you don't keep that job's healthcare insurance. If a solider/salior/airman/marine gets booted for smoking crack, he doesn't keep his TriCare bennies, even if he is a veteran. He simply get a "big chicken dinner" and a foot in the backside.
And, if you were referring to retired vets as those who can "
simply fall back on your government-run taxpayer-funded socialised healthcare", here's a news flash for you: RETIRED VETERANS
STILL WORK FOR DoD. They are simply put on what's called (in the Navy, at least) "Fleet Reserve". Technically, they can still be activated for duty, under certain circumstances. But, the odds of that happening are small. That's WHY they still get a paycheck and still KEEP their health insurance for themselves and their dependents (wives and children).