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Equal Health Benefits for Federal Employees who Serve in the National Guard and Reserves

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  • Jun 1st, 2017
    Travis R. from Hopkins, SC writes:
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    The Prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select for members of the Guard and Reserve is a disrespect to any who have served their country. To be told you cannot use a benefit you have earned is Ludacris and should have been noticed by senators years ago.
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  • Jun 1st, 2017
    Frank C. from Columbia, SC writes:
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    I have only been a federal employee reservist for a about a year, but having an option for tricare would be very benefitial. I dont go to the doctor much, but to still have decent coverage I have to pay 4 times as much as my fellow guards man, just in case something comes up. It would be great to have this as an option since we are required to serve in the guard to maintain our technician job.
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  • Jun 1st, 2017
    Lindsey Y. from Irmo, SC signed.
  • May 31st, 2017
    Someone from Hampton, SC writes:
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    It will be nice to have
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  • May 31st, 2017
    Richard H. from Pineville, LA writes:
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    I am a federal military tech. Tricare should be availible to all NG and Reservist no matter what health benifits we have access to. It would save me about three hundred dollars a month. Please support this bill.
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  • May 31st, 2017
    Someone from Hanover, MD signed.
  • May 31st, 2017
    Vernon C. from Mc Cormick, SC signed.
  • May 31st, 2017
    Dianne M. from Highland Park, NJ signed.
  • May 31st, 2017
    Someone from New Orleans, LA writes:
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    Please pass this legislation!!! I'm paying so much more money in health insurance since I became a Fed Tech and nothing else has changed in my status as a Guardsmen. This is a wildly unfair practice.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Someone from Anniston, AL writes:
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    Please pass this legislation as it is time to stop discriminating against Federal Employee Reservists and allow them the same TRS eligibility as other part-time Guard and Reserve personnel.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Leann T. from Batesburg, SC signed.
  • May 30th, 2017
    Jacob B. from Marysville, CA signed.
  • May 30th, 2017
    Johnny K. from Calhoun, GA signed.
  • May 30th, 2017
    chad f. from Lexington, SC writes:
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    Equal Health Benefits for Federal Employees who Serve in the National Guard and Reserves
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Someone from Gilbert, SC signed.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Sharon D. from Townsend, MT writes:
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    VOTE YES
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  • May 30th, 2017
    David T. from Islandton, SC writes:
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    Please consider passing this bill. We should have the option. Don't penalize us for being Federal Technicians, we all wear the same uniform regardless if we are Active Duty or Reserves.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Kevin C. from Sioux Falls, SD writes:
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    At a time when we are struggling to retain Mil technicians, this would be very helpful.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Michael T. from Ward, AR writes:
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    This should have always been an option. I've never understood why standing out amongst your peers enough to be employed full-time as a Federal Technician came with so many punishments. No enlistment bonuses, no TRS, etc. It's always been crazy to me.
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  • May 30th, 2017
    Michael T. from Ward, AR writes:
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    This should have always been an option. I've never understood why standing out amongst your peers enough to be employed full-time as a Federal Technician came with so many punishments. No enlistment bonuses, no TRS, etc. It's always been crazy to me.
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  • May 29th, 2017
    Jim T. from Charlottesville, VA writes:
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    As a federal employee who is currently deployed As a member of the Guard, this is a topic of discussion I've overheard my fellow Soldiers and Airmen complain about. While I may opt to stay with FEHBP when I demobilize, I would like to keep the benefit my family earned. Please remove the legal technicalities! I strongly ask you to cosponsor S1086. Thank you, LTC Jim Tierney
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  • May 29th, 2017
    Anita N. from Sierra Vista, AZ writes:
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    Please take care of our veterans, National Guard and Reserves. They sacrificed for our country, and they need good physical and mental healthcare.
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  • May 29th, 2017
    Karen D. from Lawrenceburg, KY writes:
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    We are offered the FEHB, and the options are getting worse and they are more becoming more and more expensive. I believe we should be given the choice for Tricare, or the FEHB. This is definitely something worth looking into and changing.
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  • May 29th, 2017
    clara c. from Georgetown, KY writes:
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    they really deserve none but give them the same as we get
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  • May 29th, 2017
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    I hope this bill passes. Our service men and women need it.
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