“We shouldn’t ask our military to pay our bills when we aren’t willing to impose a similar hardship on the rest of the population,”

“We can’t keep asking those who have given so much to give that much more.”

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The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials. Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges.

Current law limits Tricare fee increases to cost of living increases in retirement pay.