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SoCalDem

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5. Military (when my father joined the AF ) promised lifetime care for him and spouse

Reply to kathman-duzi (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 02:22 AM

Nov 2012

by the time he retired after 26 years, it was service person only...and Tri-Care at that. He died shortly after retirement, so it did not matter that much to him, but my mother was basically uncovered for the duration of her life until she was on medicare.

Unions were the reason why retirement health care was ever offered.. And as the vultures moved in during the 80's, most of that went away..All those decades of wage concessions in favor of enhanced retirement benefits ended up just being stolen labor and deceit.

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So sorry to hear of your parents going thru the betrayal and humiliation. This is why I say our kathman-duzi Nov 2012 #3

Military (when my father joined the AF ) promised lifetime care for him and spouse SoCalDem Nov 2012 #5

there's been a lot of that during the last 30-odd years. personally, i think that if HiPointDem Nov 2012 #4

Trillions for sure. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #8

That is symptomatic of why everything is as fucked up as it is here. Our government just Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #7