Military Healthcare Cutbacks?

These are the numbers for military healthcare.

Despite dire warnings from three defense secretaries about the uncontrollable cost, Congress has repeatedly rebuffed Pentagon efforts to establish higher out-of-pocket fees and enrollment costs for military family and retiree health care as an initial step in addressing a harsh fiscal reality. The cost of military health care has almost tripled since 2001, from $19 billion to $53 billion in 2012, and stands at 10 percent of the entire defense budget.

Even more daunting, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that military health care costs could reach $65 billion by 2017 and $95 billion by 2030.

Duh!! We fought a war for 10 years. Did the politicians think no one would get hurt?

What will drive up the cost between now and 2030? HEAD INJURY TRAUMA

For the first time in US wars, troops sustaining head injuries are surviving. In earlier wars, the evacuation time from the battlespace to the operating table was too great for the injured to survive. Now, these casualties are surviving with serious brain damage. The system wll have to pay for their treatment and upkeep.
Could it be that future wars will be too expense to fight? :thinking:

 

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