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Senator Bill Nelson, Jan 12. 2006
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Subject: [Brown-Bag-Participants] Town Hall Meeting Senator Bill Nelson, Jan 12.
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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:56:29 GMT
From: JIM BERREY <JIMBER1446@webtv.net>
This was my input to Florida's Senator Bill Nelson during a Town Hall meeting
this week. A copy was also given to his Regional Director after the meeting.
Jim B
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Reference YOUR amendment to end the deduction of VA survivor benefits from the
Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities and implement 30-year paid up SBP
coverage, was stripped from the Defense Auth. Bill by the House. What will your
plans for correcting this injustice to the military widows and the military
retirees who have paid for SBP for approximate 34 years be?
HR-602-S.407 Keep Our Promise to America's Military Act had a House majority 236
co-sponsors, but was lacking support in the Senate. With
236 co-sponsors, not one stood up to the House leaders to bring it up for a
vote. It seems like Congressional members will sign on as a co-sponsor, but will
not take action to support their constituents by putting pressure on the
Congressional leaders. This has been repeated for the past 10 years.
There seem to be two reasons military Bills are not being voted on, maybe you
can help in correcting one of them.
First the party leaders in both the House and the Senate are stopping
Legislation in support of military retirees, veterans as well as widows. They
may say it is money, but these same Leaders support free health care for the
world, free health care for all the illegal aliens. Congress has no problem
bailing out the promised health care for the Steel industry, the Airlines, now
it looks like the Auto industry, but not the promises made to the military
retiree who given twenty or more years when our Country called for three major
wars.
This is a problem all military retirees including those retiring this month are
having with DoD, you may be able to help. I am speaking for over 24,000 local
veterans, over 1,000 in our local Northwest NAUS FL-10 Chapter, which includes
District 1, 2 and part of 3, and 184,000 military retirees and widows in
Florida. DoD is out to destroy all present and future entitlements for all
military retirees. How??
Informing Congress and the media that health care costs are hurting the war
effort. Suggesting legislation supporting military retirees should not be
supported. I guess this means the 700 homeless veterans in our area as reported
on WJHG this past week, or the many wounded who are now not supporting the war
effort, and of course the military retirees from WW11, Korean and Vietnam Wars,
plus future retirees.
What else is DoD doing? Closing or down sizing military hospitals like they have
done at TAFB.
DoD has cut back on Pharmacy drugs, and increasing the price by 2 1/2 times for
a start.
Presently they are increasing Tricare Health Insurance by three times the
present fees for all retirees under 65 years old, including those retiring from
Iraq.
Closed the VA Clinic on TAFB and in Marianna. Had Keesler VA Hospital in Biloxi
on their kill list, until Congress stopped them.
There are more issues but you can see Congress must stop the DoD before they
destroy the military service. DoD made the statement the new service member was
not interested in health care should they retire, they would be happy with a
bonus for a new truck.
Freedom is not free, and with out the Military their would be no United States
of America. Congress should make some laws to limit the the increases of fees to
less than the cost of living, and not allow the cutting of entitlements, and get
DoD out of Congress' business on what bills to pass.
We are blessed in Florida, as Senator Bill Nelson is an Army Veteran and does
support the military.
Thank you for all you support for our military, God Bless you and your family.
And thanks to your Regional Director, Lynn Bannister.
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