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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (115663)10/17/2011 8:31:46 PM
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McCain Okay With Cutting Military Benefits
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10/16/2011 by Terry Howell
militaryadvantage.military.com


Accord­ing to the Asso­ci­ated Press, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sent a let­ter to the bipar­ti­san bud­get super­com­mit­tee in which he indi­cated is open to cost-saving steps in mil­i­tary ben­e­fits.

The AP reports that McCain indi­cated his sup­port for Pres­i­dent Obama’s pro­posal to start charg­ing older mil­i­tary retirees a $200 annual enroll­ment fee for TRICARE for Life. In addi­tion, McCain urged the super­com­mit­tee to con­sider restrict­ing working-age mil­i­tary retirees and their depen­dents from enrolling in TRICARE Prime. McCain pointed out that the Con­gres­sional Bud­get Office has esti­mated that such a move would save $111 bil­lion over 10 years.

McCain also said he sup­ports the administration’s pro­posal for a com­mis­sion to review pos­si­ble changes to the 20 year mil­i­tary retire­ment sys­tem and the cur­rent mil­i­tary pay and com­pen­sa­tion model.
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