European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12letters to the editor Friday january 20, 1995 Europa re edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan court Nandor Public Hilr Bernard a. Zovistoski 0 a cd for a. News and editorial. Quot. Bill Walker. A european editor a Deborah Absher nows editor. Bob Wicker sports editor George Mene City editor. 1 to write us unit 29480. Apoate 09211. Or Post Tach 11 14 37 a. 1. 64278 Darmstadt. Germany a news Tel fax 06155 601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 343-8 plus Extension As follows. News ext. 237, 255, 282, 226 326. Sports ext 225, 269, 263, 332.321, 221, features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208, 400 business news ext. 326. 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European command. Tha appearance of advertising in this publication. Including inserts or Supply Menis does not Condo info ondrae ment by lha department of defense or tha Siars and tha products or services advertised a 1 a tent is a tent there arc quite a number of people who arc not aware that the Kaiserslautern pc Cial event Center Sec is anything but a Center. It is in every form a tent. People arc being misled by the advertisement Kai special event i think if they insist on having every function a i.e., concerts shows and any Type of organizational activity a then they should let the people know upfront exactly what the Sec really is. Its name should be changed to set Kaiserslautern special event ten there Are far too Many better places we can enjoy a concert like Heidelberg s Sta thaile than a tent behind the motor Pool. How Tacky and tasteless to have guests flown in from the United states to be put in a tent. I understand that its hard to get some of the nicer places but please even a gym is better suited than a tent that a behind a motor Pool. A Tina l. Silvers. Heidelberg Germany to journalists arc about As trustworthy As King cobras. For her to deliberately trick Newt Gingrich smother into revealing a confidential remark made by her son by telling her a a it a just Between you and me a and then promptly releasing the in forma Tion to the world is reprehensible. If there is anyone who Ever trusted Connie Chung to keep a secret i sure Hope they be Learned Betler now. Carolyn e. Abell Firth Germany to the Fusco Brothers you Are bullying the comics Page with the qui mans. I understand that you re replacing one strip of Odd humor with another but you can t out Larson Larson. Belter you should leave the space Blank in memory am. Valeric Bonham Moon Schict Zingen Germany c to our readers de a question of Cost just wondering. Right taillight Assembly for a 1990 Dot Lac caravan army and air Force Exchange service quoted Price a about $94.&Quot . Whitney delivered Price less than $30. Plus i received a free mini flashlight not a big Deal but it was free. Just wondering. John s. Vansyckl ,. Heidelberg Germany Chung untrustworthy cd so Connie Chung has just reconfirmed my conviction that Many of the highly paid comics Page sullied of of what is it you want Money jewels Fame a a a v. A. A you must be trying to extort something from your readers since now in addition let us know what you think to encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. A a a a a Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, Dan 340-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters Tor clarity length and taste. Military update health care plan soon to be unwrapped Tiu care prime the military a new health maintenance organization is Drifting into View like a Parade float on new years Day. It looks Good from Here but what a under All the roses the first group to find out will be 240,000 potential enrol pcs in Oregon and Washington state. With less than a month to go before Tricase begins there these beneficiaries still know Little about the new health Benefit option. They can blame that on top defense officials who took a month longer than planned to decide on copayment for Tricase enrollees. -.? the logjam on details will break feb. 1 with a torrent of marketing information from foundation health Federal services inc. Of Rancho Cordova Calif. Fun Dation won a $651 million contract to support managed care in the Northwest Region. Beneficiaries soon will have a toll free number to Call to request information including a list of participating physicians. Foundation also will hold Public meetings to explain Tricase options and answer questions. Theoretically because Tricase prime. Is an open enrolment health maintenance organization there a no deadline pressure to sign up. In practice those who enrol Early will get first crack at primary care assignments in military facilities those who wait Are More Likely to be assigned to the network of civilian providers for primary care. That Means copayment and higher costs. Don to get too anxious though initial enrolment is designed to protect Junior enlisted families. A the first to be enrolled starting feb. 15, will be family members of pay grades e-4 and below Quot said Chris Hober Tricase education director for the Region from Madigan medical Center fort Lewis Wash. E-5 families will be enrolled next and so on up the ranks. Retirees under 65 and their dependents will sign up last medicare eligible retirees and dependents cannot enrol although they will be invited to use Tricase service centers to find providers who agree to accept medicare assignment. Hober confirmed that As Tricase enrolment grows older Benefi Claries will find it increasingly diff. Cult to get in service care. Tom Philpott Many beneficiaries who can. Enrol Are confused about what to do with supplemental insurance policies they bought to cover higher Cost shares under the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services the military a Standard health program. A Check of insurance com panics and military associations found them crunching numbers at a furious Pace to decide whether 1 to design a specific supplemental plan for Tricase prime or 2 to lower premiums for current cd 1am-pus supplement plans when policyholders enrol in Tricase prime. Most insurance managers said copayment under Tricase prime Are so Low that when the system is up nationwide by mid-1997, most in Rolt Ces wont need supplemental insurance. Until Tricase prime is available everywhere however users might be Wise to keep their champs supplemental coverage. If they drop coverage and Are trans erred outside a Tri care area restoring it could be costly result in a coverage delay for pre existing conditions some dependents might even be deemed uninsurable if medical problems arise or Worsen. A a a Quot a some insurers plan to lower Noemi urns for policyholders who keep Cham pus supplements while enrolled in Tricase prime. Emily Clark an insurance analyst with usaa said what customers want is a guaranteed insurability a while they test Tricase prime. A they want to try it and if they done to like it they want the option to move Back Quot to champs with no change in insurance coverage. That a Why usaa is developing a a a champs alternative Benefit a she said. It will be offered Only to those who already have supplemental coverage with the company. Premiums will be lower but Clark could not say yet by How much / scores of companies and military associations arc studying similar ways to accommodate Tricase prime enrollees. Cindy Roy assistant insurance director at the air Force association said she a sure Afa will offer some Type of lower Premium plan. Veronica Zearley insurance manager at the association of the United states army said a supplement designed for Tricase prime enrollees seems impractical Given the Low copayment patients face but that does no to upset her. A we would like to Sec health care so Good that supplements Are not Nee Cussary Quot she Saia. A i encourage people to try it but not to drop their champs supplement until they Are sure this is what they finally there a this news Tricase prime could be offered soon in Europe said a defense health official. 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