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Name |
Robert Patrick Sullivan [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Person ID |
I40207 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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- From the Letters to the Editor, The River Reporter, Narrowsburg, NY 7/10/2003:
To the editor:
I am not a stranger to the ?River,? having married the former Catherine Dexter of Narrowsburg upon graduation from West Point in 1956. I have been retired as a full colonel from the Army for 27 years after having spent more than 20 years on active duty, including Vietnam. I feel compelled to respond to some very misleading comments regarding medical care for veterans with at least twenty years service in the military.
In the Seniors Lifestyles section of the June 26-July 2, 2003 issue of The River Reporter: ?Joe McDonald (A Vietnam veteran) of Yulan said the issue of prescription drug costs was a particular sore point for veterans. McDonald spoke about a class action lawsuit that has been brought against the government for reneging on a promise made to servicemen who had spent at least twenty years in the military. ? The government assured veterans that they would be covered for health care and prescription drugs for life. ? The government rescinded those benefits.?
Mr. McDonald?s statement is absolutely false and misleading.
The facts are that all veterans who retire with more than 20 years service and are enrolled in Medicare are automatically enrolled in a Department of Defense funded program called ?Tricare for Life.? There are no co-payments to the doctor or hospital, and prescription are filled without charge at every military installation in the world. There is a charge of $3 for generic prescriptions and $9 for non-generic at civilian pharmacies, all of whom honor TFL. There are no extra forms to fill out?Medicare automatically sends the information to TFL, which very quickly pays the doctor or hospital.
Any seniors who have retired after twenty years of active duty and are not aware of this benefit should contact Tricare for Life (www.tricare.osd.mil), the Retired Enlisted Association (www.trea.org) or Military Officers Association of America (www.moaa.org) for details.
Mr. McDonald, ?We are not being forgotten!?
In my view your article does a great disservice to the defense department, to all retired veterans, and to our young servicemen now standing in harm?s way.
Robert P. Sullivan
(Col. Ret.) U.S. Army
Alexandria, VA
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- [S540] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase.
- [S1247] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994
Correspondence and book orders to:
Iona Irene Popielarz
56 Sharrer Rd.
Port Murray, NJ 07865
(908) 832-7968), 72, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3).
- [S3100] River Reporter Newspaper, Narrowsburg, NY, Letters to the Editor, 7/10/2003 (Reliability: 3).
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