FYI.... Received this from Marc Fagenbaum - thought you all might like to
take a look at this...  (note there's another email below the forwarded one
- I cut down the addresses to minimize the size of the thread)

Vince
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Vince Patton, Ed.D.
MCPOCG, USCG Retired
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-----Original Message-----
Subject: CONGRESS SECRETLY SCREWS RETIREES
Importance: High
Fellow Retiree -
 
You need to read the attached and contact your congressional
representatives.
 
These MORONS passed legislation, very quietly I might add, to make it so
that state and local governments can't offer TRICARE supplemental insurance
as an insurance option!  This option saved both the retiree and the state
and local governments BIG BUCKS, while providing outstanding service to the
retiree.
 
Please, take a minute to write to them.  Here is an outstanding link:
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html  No excuses, you can
even "cut 'n paste" and make the appropriate changes.  We need to stick
together.  These morons are out of control!!!
 
Regards,

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc.M.Fagenbaum@uscg.mil [mailto:Marc.M.Fagenbaum@uscg.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:43 AM

Subject: MORE INFO ON TRICARE SUPPLEMENTAL SCREW JOB

An excerpt from MOAA web site:
http://www.moaa.org/lac/lac_issues_news/lac_issues_chat/lac_issues_chat_arch
ive_070627/index.htm
<http://www.moaa.org/lac/lac_issues_news/lac_issues_chat/lac_issues_chat_arc
hive_070627/index.htm>
 
Mike H.: I heard that companies can't pay for my supplemental insurance any
more, is that true?

Steve S.: Mike, a new law says civilian employers can't pay employees to
take TRICARE instead of the company's health plan, as of January 1, 2008.
That includes paying for an employee's TRICARE supplemental insurance. The
Defense Department will have to write rules on how this law will be
interpreted and enforced. We're hearing ( informally) that a company would
be within the law with a policy that says, "We'll pay $X a month to any
employee - TRICARE, Blue Cross, Federal Employees Health Plan or otherwise
-- who is eligible for another plan through a spouse's coverage or a
previous employer's coverage and who chooses to use that coverage rather
than our company's health plan." So you may want to talk to your employer
about changing to that kind of plan.