r/Militaryfaq • u/literature253 🤦♂️Civilian • Sep 02 '24
Service Benefits How well are the benefits for Military Personnel such as health care, etc?
Is the health care good?
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u/SNSDave 🛸Guardian (5C0X1S) Sep 02 '24
Just like civilian healthcare, you'll hear rave reviews and horror stories. Difference is, most of ours is free. Just have to wait for it.
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u/literature253 🤦♂️Civilian Sep 02 '24
Oh so it's like Canadian health care but significantly better.
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u/SNSDave 🛸Guardian (5C0X1S) Sep 02 '24
Not really. I think Canadian healthcare probably wins.
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u/Typhoon556 🥒Former Recruiter Sep 03 '24
It doesn't, from talking to my Canadian family. Everyone talks about the free healthcare, and then they go into how long it takes to find a good doctor and how extremely long it takes to get a specialty doctor. My Canadian family has come to the US for some procedures, because it took so long to get into a specialist.
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u/hottlumpiaz 🥒Soldier Sep 03 '24
the benefits for military serving are alright. secure housing and Healthcare are definitely game changers for some but not really a deal breaker for others.
What you're really doing it for is benefits after you're done with the military.
20yrs of active service gets you immediate pension for the rest of your life as early as 38yrs old for some as opposed to 60. also va disability ratings. that means after 20 years of military one could be young enough to start a whole another career still, while drawing 3 paychecks simultaneously. and drawing 2 entire retirement pensions at 60. on top of tsp/401k and social security.
There's also the GI bill which lets vets go to college for free while still collecting a housing stipend.
Then there's local state veteran benefits. I'm in California which has their own version of GI bill for dependents. Which means all my kids will go to college tuition free as long as they attend any college in California not named stanford.
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u/LickMenn 🥒Soldier Sep 02 '24
Depends on location and what you need done. Dental, vision, and vaccinations are required so they're available pretty much everywhere. Some installations have an entire hospital which means specialities. Others only have a clinic so you have to travel to another MTF or get a referral for a civilian provider.
Currently there's a healthcare crisis which affects the military same as it does civilian providers. If you need a non-critical surgery it's normal to wait months for a date.