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As a retiree you are still eligible to receive VA disabilty compensation in addition to your retirement pay. Additionally you would be eligible for free medical care without paying any Tricare deductables
I do not pay any deductibles.
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,.... also not having any caps on mental health care.
We do not have any caps on our health care.
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... I am a retiree also and seek healthcare from both the VA and Tricare depending on what suits me best.
I can use Tricare here, however Tricare underwrites a local HMO called Martins Point. MP is connected in a statewide network of doctors, hospitals and clinics
It is all very seamless.
Or I have traveled, a few times and been treated on-base.
I can use Tricare here, however Tricare underwrites a local HMO called Martins Point. MP is connected in a statewide network of doctors, hospitals and clinics
It is all very seamless.
Or I have traveled, a few times and been treated on-base.
Well, I know I'm different since I go out of the Army (ETS in 2001). I served 6 years (1995-2001). My temper is a problem these days (well, in the last 8 years), that's for sure. Just can't quite get used to this civilian life, you know (nobody comes in on time but you). That sucks and makes me mad sometimes. But I'm controlling it a lot better, in the last 4 months now, and have been sober since too. It's tough out here when your life was on a schedule and was structured everyday (for 6 years too).
I'm used to discipline, schedules, planning, and structure. You don't have any of that in the civilian world. People seem to run or walk around like a chicken with its head cut off out here. And sooner or later, I was becoming like that and nobody else liked it.
So my temper sometimes flies off the handle, in certain situations (like when someone is late, schedules change too often, and being spontaneous). I definitely can't be spontaneous much, because it was a reason why I started drinking when I became a civilian. "Hey let's go to a bar", used to be a favorite of mine (when I wanted to be too spontaneous).
I can't do that anymore, my day has to be planned and structured, for me. So, I stick to daily routines (I change a little bit, but not much everyday). It works out better and keeps me sober too.
Do you think I might have some of it?
No...ish. "I'm used to discipline, schedules, planning, and structure." I think that you're a creature of training and habit. You expect no more of others than what you expect of yourself. Corporate America demands that of its upper echelon and usually everyone down to the mail room clerk.
If you go to work every day, get some exercise, pay your bills, have a couple of friends, go out once in a while, visit your relatives, sleep at night and have a soft spot in your heart for old people and puppies or kittens... you'll survive.
Watch for the beast at the back door. I've known people to look, be fine for years before they had a problem. I can't imagine how much energy it took to stand guard at that gate...before they fell asleep on watch and the enemy came crashing through...
Watch for the beast at the back door. I've known people to look, be fine for years before they had a problem. I can't imagine how much energy it took to stand guard at that gate...before they fell asleep on watch and the enemy came crashing through...
That happened to me after more than 30 years. Guess who "the beast" turned out to be?
If you can cope with it and it doesn't effect your quality of life that's good. If it ever becomes a problem medical care and benefits are available.
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