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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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| The Defense Department comptroller has issued a draft budget recommendation to jack up military retiree copays from $3 to $10 for generic drugs and from $9 to $20 for brand name drugs. The paper also proposes to begin the same copays for retirees who use military treatment facilities. Furthermore, copays for non-network pharmacies would jump from $20 or 20 percent of the prescription cost to $30 or 20 percent. All services reportedly objected to the plan. According to sources, the plan was actually directed by the administration's Office of Management and Budget. Steve Strobridge, spokesman for the Military Officers Association of America, said: "We find it incredible that, only a couple of years after Congress authorized the Tricare Senior Pharmacy program, the administration is seeking to double and triple retirees' drug copays. It's a shocking insensitivity that we're confident Congress will not go along with." |
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