“President Donald Trump on Monday assured troops, retirees and family members that he would not be approving a $2.2 billion cut to the military’s health care budget.”
“In a tweet, the president responded to a Politico report posted Sunday, alleging that the Pentagon has tasked several organizations that oversee military health care to cut $2.2 billion over the five years.”
“Officials who spoke to Politico on the condition of anonymity argued that the ‘arbitrary’ cut, which would offload some care of 9.5 million troops, retirees and family members onto the private sector, would have a detrimental effect on care.”
“The Defense Department is in the midst of myriad cost-savings reviews, with the health system key among them. At the same time, the military health system has already begun a major reorganization…” Read the full article here.
Source: Trump shoots down Pentagon proposal to cut troops’ health care – By Meghann Myers, August 18, 2020. Military Times.
