Here is a post from another Forum that I found interesting..for you info.
Why does the U.S. government discriminate against Filipino-Americans and
Expatriates that retired from the U.S. military and have made their home
in the Philippines?
That\'s a very good question, but discriminate they do. These retirees
spent the better part of their lives in harm\'s way protecting America\'s
freedoms around the world. But, now that they are retired and decided to
live in the Philippines, they are found not worthy of the same
considerations as their counterparts living anywhere else in the world.
Why is that? Because some agencies of the U.S. government claim that
these retirees are dishonest as well as many Filipino citizens. They
claim both participate in fraud directed against the United States. So,
they have all but eliminated their earned and promised medical benefits.
The agency involved is known as the TRICARE Management Activity and in
reality; their policies and inaction are primarily to blame for fraud.
These policies make it easier for fraud and then, they blame the retirees.
One recent example of this discrimination; the granddaughter of a WWII
Fil-Am Navy retiree went onto the TRICARE Face Book wall and pleaded for
help that her grandpa was very sick and in the hospital. She made it
crystal clear that they didn\'t know how to file claims to get their
money back and asked if anyone could help them. After 2 days, not one
government representative replied. However, an American expat living
here volunteered his services and boldly indicated on the TRICARE Face
Book wall that he doubted the official government employees would help.
Shortly after that, the TRICARE Management Activity banned him from
their Face Book wall. How many more of these examples exist but nobody
knows about them?
The TRICARE Management Activity says they have to implement policies
that restrict access to care and limit reimbursement for care to
preclude fraud---they call it their \"Cost Avoidance Program\". These
policies do not exist anywhere else in the world. But, they failed to
implement the one policy they agreed to implement that would have made
obtaining care easier for this and many other fading WWII Fil-Am
retirees. The long awaited policy would have precluded them from paying
hundreds of thousands of pesos out of their pockets for their care and
then filing a claim with the U.S. government in the \"hope\" of getting
some of their hard fought money back. These policies limit a Fil-Am from
seeing the provider of their choice and many times, reduces the amount
that is paid for the care causing him to pay more than others would pay.
In fact, active duty U.S. military and their families in the Philippines
are paid back more for the same care. In many cases, Fil-Am\'s find that
they have to learn U.S. medical coding and billing in order to convert
their local bills to look like an American bill. This is not required
anywhere else except here and in Panama.
Is this fair? Why isn\'t anyone doing anything about it? Why does the
American government feel they can discriminate against deserving
Fil-Am\'s and expats simply because they chose to live in the Philippines?
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