The Military Retiree Medical Care Broken Promise Issue

MILITARY VETERAN and MILITARY RETIREE
THE DIFFERENCE:

• NOT ALL VETERANS ARE THE SAME:
  In order to understand the military retiree medical care broken promise issue it must be understood that not all veterans are the same, in reference to the medical care that was promised at the end of their service to their country.

• MILITARY VETERANS - MILITARY RETIREES:
  Since all veterans are not the same, for this discussion, one group of veterans will be referred to as military veterans and another group of veterans as military retirees.

• MILITARY VETERAN:
  The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
  See United States Code, TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS, PART I, CHAPTER 1, Sec. 101, Definitions, paragraph (2) at http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode38/usc_sec_38_00000101----000-.html

• MILITARY RETIREE:
  A military retiree is any former member of the uniformed services who is entitled, under statute, to retired, retirement, or retainer pay. Examples include, but are not necessarily limited to, spending 20 or more years in the military or permanent retirement by reasons of physical disability.

• All military retirees are veterans, but not all veterans are military retirees.