Well, do you agree with me that the reason there are fewer providers in the TRICARE network is that we are paying below ...
So no one is being required to give up the current system?
If I did the Strom thing, it's possible, but I better get started.
I'm not going to go to John McCain and say we are going to take your retirement away.
If it is below 20 percent cost share, it will be because I think you have earned a discount when it comes to health care...
We want to do right by them, and that means a new benefit that doesn't exist today.
we are $17 trillion, $18 trillion in debt and we ought to be looking for savings where we can.
Now, the hope is that, if you make this change, the benefits go up and make it worth the additional investment.
They have to opt in. If they do nothing, they stay in the current system. Is that correct?
Eighty-five percent of the people in the current TRICARE system would not expect to see an increase in copayments.
Don't lose it.
But we are not going to play the demagoguery game, because change is afoot, and it is necessary.
I think this modernization effort of a blended plan will serve the country well.
Well, if that is true, then our military members and their families and our retirees are going to have less choice becau...
It is not fair to kick somebody out at 12 at no fault of their own, because we are reducing the force.
I think he asked a really good question about retention.
If I were trying to run a healthcare company, the last people I'd pick would be the DOD.
we think there's considerable risk with this.
