Two rants: 1- Soldiers need to be aware. The days of the Army and the DoD spending bucks to keep us around and happy are drawing to an end. Education benefits got cut AGAIN. Before you listen to the retention NCOs (and yes, I know some fine ones, but still) be advised, they are not telling you the whole truth, because they arent aware of it! If you have a % of the post 9-11 GI Bill, and you seek out any other tuition specific funding, you will not get the same amount of money. IE if you qualify for 60% and your bill is 5,000. With no outside money, the VA will pay 3,000. If you apply for FTA, and get 2250 towards that 5,000 bill, the VA will now only pay 1650. They will pay a % of whats left, NOT your total tuition bill. FTA has also changed this year. Before you had up to 4500$ per fiscal year. That has changed to now they will cover up to 250$ per credit hour, for a limit of 16 credit hours per fiscal year. If you have 15 hours, you will forfeit the remaining hour. This is a 1,000$ decrease in that benefit. The new state TA that has been lauded as a fantastic benenfit to state guard members is NOT paid to the university. You pay the bill, and then submit to the state for re-imbursement after you receive grades for the semester, that isnt bad, but for Joes that are already struggling, this doesnt do as much good as they aim to. But hell, at least they are trying! 2 - Working with the state to get some much needed medical attention, all I can say is this. To ANYONE that thinks the government should be involved in your health care, you are a f***ing idiot. And there is no polite way to say that. After being jerked around and playing games with the state, my CoC (whom I harbor no ill will too, with the exception of one individual), has managed to push my approvals through. The approvals came back with approval for a procedure that was not recommended, and for a doctor Ive never seen. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO government health care! Forgive me my rants, but its been a day. I needed to vent.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:40:20 +0000
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