Then I'd say you get what you pay for.Originally Posted by technocoy
For every ****ty story there is a good one, so it's always hard to judge. Plus, those who get the dud experience always complain the loudest.
My buddy crushed 4 of his vertebrae while in Iraq, they not only paid 100% for a back surgery that would have broken him otherwise, but he got a medical/honorable discharge after 10 years in and topped him another 50 percent of his pay grade in retirement money since he was hurt while on duty. He was gonna stay in, but they said there was too much liability involved which I kinda chuckled at since you are fighting a WAR. ha.
Hard to complain about that scenario.
My stepbrother who has 7 kids (don't ask, also all girls!) and was in the Corps for 12 years gets great care (in his opinion) for the whole family for a fraction of what I pay for myself, my wife and our 1 daughter. I could make a really nice car payment for what I pay in insurance, if not approaching a small house payment.
Also, decent insurance that is 100% coverage like you get when enlisted is a good clip more expensive than what most Americans can pay for the whole family, which defeats the whole purpose when you wind up with a 200,000.00 bill that gets only 60-80 percent paid. You're still gonna be broke for a LONG time.
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