---Congressional Representatives' Web Pages  http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html

---Contact Congress http://capwiz.com/usdr/index_frame.dbq? url=http://capwiz.com/usdr/issues/alert/?alertid=8479051&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]

---Contact Congress and five media http://capwiz.com/usdr/utr/1/DXKXFIRBBX/ISMNFIRBCH/575078806

---Contact DoD by Email http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html

---Government Mail links to government representatives around the world  http://www.governmail.com/

--- Government Reps & Senators toll free. Anyone can use the following toll-free numbers to call their Washington DC offices: 
 

1-866-877-4455 (courtesy of Enlisted Army National Guard Association of the US)
1-866-272-6622 (courtesy of the Military Officers Association of America)

---House Members Web Form for emailing: http://mrgrg-ms.org/fax-it-house.html

---Senate Armed Services Committee FAX and Web Forms http://mrgrg-ms.org/fax-it-senate-committee-on-armed-services.html

------Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert 202-225-2976
------FAX: 202- 225-0697

---House & Senate Legislation (Thomas) - http://thomas.loc.gov

---Government related info- http://www.firstgov.gov

---Military Health Care Reclamation Group (MHCRG) "Fighting for What We've Earned!” http://www.mhcrg.org

---NAUS Home Page http://capwiz.com/naus/home/

---Old Sarge website http://www.oldsarge79.com/  A lot of good info for MR/Vets

------Locate Doctors that accept TRICARE STANDARD http://www.tricare.osd.mil/standardprovider/Searchform.cfm

---News Media nationwide http://www.kidon.com/media-link/usa.shtml 

---Newspapers Nationwide http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

---Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/usatable.htm

Once you have taken any action related to MR issues please go to
http://mrgrg-ms.org/educate-the-congress.html and update the "MRGRG
Educate the Congress Tracking System". This is the only place that keeps a record count so  we can see that the MR effort is ongoing. You do not have to provide any personal information to enter data.

Example of  what can be said to the President and Congress (Please use Military Medical Care in the subject line):

The Joint Chiefs are joining the Defense Department in seeking to more
than triple annual enrollment fees for officers in Tricare Prime and
double the fees for enlisted retirees by 2008.
   DoD wants Congress to jack up fees for those under-65 officer retirees
from $240 a year for individual coverage to $750, and from $450 annually
for family coverage to $1,500. The department wants to raise fees for
enlisted retirees under age 65 to $450 for individuals and $900 for
families. The deductible for Tricare Standard also would be raised and an
annual enrollment fee would be imposed. Medicare-eligible retirees also
would take a hit, with co payments for retail generic drugs jumping from
$3 to $5 and for brand name drugs from $9 to $15 retail and $10 by mail
order. DoD claims it needs the money from the retirees to balance the
defense budget.
   How much more are military retirees (MR) to sacrifice? MR gave 20 or
more years of their lives, barely surviving at times, undergoing all kinds
of hardships, low pay and long hours.
   From 1976 - 1993 Congress screwed with MR COLA's eight times-
three years of which there was no COLA at all. During that same timeframe
dental, eye and hearing medical care was lost. In 1995, Congress took the
no-out-of-pocket-cost medical care that military retirees and family
members were promised and earned. When MR go on Social Security they draw
less than their peers for having served with low military pay.
   Now, TRICARE FOR LIFE is costing over 65 military husband and wife
$2,100.00 per year from meager retirement incomes. That is one hell of a
reduction in retirement income! That is one hell of a reduction in
standard of living. and MEDICARE Part B is going up each year.
   In response to a lawsuit filed by Military Retirees the U.S. Appellate
Court said: "IV. Conclusion- We cannot readily imagine more sympathetic
plaintiffs than the retired officers of the World War II and Korean War
era involved in this case. They served their country for at least 20 years
with the understanding that when they retired they and their dependents
would receive full free health care for life. The promise of such health
care was made in good faith and relied upon."

"Congress has the power and authority under the Constitution to establish
a system for the payment of retired pay [for military service members] and
to change the system from time to time. . . . We understand and appreciate
the dissatisfaction of the plaintiffs with the change in the retirement
pay system, as they have rendered long and faithful service to our country
in time of peace and war. However, if they are to get any relief, it must
come from Congress, as this is not within [a court's] jurisdiction."
  

   Action that has been taken against military retirees is not beneficial
for military recruiting, nor does it bode well for supporting government
when its most deserving citizens see that they cannot trust those elected
to keep legitimate promises made by its agents.

You are therefore requested to do two things:

1. Stop DoD from raising TRICARE fees on those who have served this nation the longest under adverse conditions.
2. Heed the Appellate court's words and take immediate action to get legislation through Congress that will return no-out-of-pocket-cost medical care (to include dental, eye and hearing care) to deserving military retirees and their immediate family members.

  
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Respectfully,

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