well the obamacare is now taking him off of tricare.d daughter are still on, but he's not. right now he's not and it may be a year before he can be back on it. so they can't do anything medically for him now without him paying for it himself. and this hero was blown up eight times in iraq and they are saying -- you can't be on tricare. we won't cover you. that is the most ridiculous thing. and i think all americans agree, that is wrong. >> it is embarrassing. it is embarrassing to me as a taxpayer to find out of the ways my tax money is wasted. and he is the first in line to do what the country needs to do to provide for his needs and he has to wait for congress. that issin krepdiblely -- incredibly wrong. i want to talk you about the process of applying for homes. you've given away 538 homes. and we'll talk about the process. there are thousands of people who have applied. and we'll meet a family who has applied, one of the thousands and we'll talk to this wounded vet and his family. they've applied for the program and we'll find out w

up next how getting classified documents into the public domain is even tricare rather than finding them in the us. although i have gone duck hunting a few times i've never seen the duck dynasty t.v. show but gosh i heard about the scandal involving one of the stars of the show phil robertson who got suspended for making what many consider anti homo sexual comments in an interview this celebrity scandal is creating a lot of arguments about freedom of speech on social networks many people who believe that robertson deserved to be booted from the show for what he said argue that freedom of speech means that robertson can't be arrested by the government for what he said but the any t.v. channel has the right to fire whom they like the thing is that if the situation were reversed and robertson was fired for making pro l.g. p.t. statements then people who are currently defending any right to hire and fire as they please would all be bashing the t.v. channel for violating the stars freedom of speech think cry that firing him would violate his rights and i'm sure some websites would make him in

i know programs like tricare, we have to look at. that's not a problemment but we're i--that's not a problem. but we're in a hurry to pass a budget that generally i support it -- it ge gets us into a situation of sequestration relief. how could we have pick add pay-for that this to me is just unacceptable. the military retiree community up to the age of 62 will have their cola reduced by 1%. that doesn't sound like a lot, but the compounding effect goes like this. if you have a master sergeant who retires after 20 years of service at, say, 42, by the time you go et to 62 get to 62, thist you $72,000. nobody has ever suggested that it should be applied to people who are almost at retirement or in retirement when it comes to how you would reform benefits. and my good friend, senator mccain -- and he has earned every penny he's ever gotten in retirement and then some -- mentioned the intoal the simpsos commission. when you're $17 trillion in debt, you have got to do things you would otherwise not like. but simpson-bowles did not, as my

this hero was blown up eight types in iraq and they say you can't be on tricare and we'll not cover you. that is the most ri deckulous thing -- ridiculous thing. that is wrong. >> here is a guy that ought to be first in line to get whatever the country needs to do to it provide for his needs. and he has to wait for congress to gets it right. >> that is wrong. when we come back, we'll talk about the process of applying for home. you gave away 538 hopes. we'll talk about the process. it is intricate. we'll meet a family that applied for the program. we'll find out what owns their own home would mean for them. we'll be right back. >> we are back. joining us now is a retired master sergeant tony who was wounded in iraq of october of 2006 when a grenade was thrown and fractured a skull and penetrated his chest and suffering from hearing loss and left with brain damage and suffering from ptsd. tony and his wife amy and in our audience cindi. and a 14 year old son named hugh who was not able to make the trip. >> you guys applied for one of the houses in the warrior foundation. how did you hear

this hero was blown up eight types in iraq and they say you can't be on tricare and we'll not cover you is the most ri deckulous thing -- ridiculous thing. that is wrong. >> here is a guy that ought to be first in line to get whatever the country needs to do to it provide for his needs. and he has to wait for congress to gets it right. >> that is wrong. when we come back, we'll talk about the process of applying for home. you gave away 538 hopes. we'll talk about the process. it is intricate. we'll meet a family that applied for the program. we'll find out what owns their own home would mean for them. we'll be right back. my customers can shop around. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can ke better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. for the most advanceds shaving experience.3d with gyroflex 3d technology, you can get to those hard to reach places for the ultimate shave wet or dry. guaranteed. visit philips.com/upgrade now to save

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to look at the entire retirement and benefits that are now present in the military; for example, tricare, where there has not been an increase in premiums, i believe, since 1985, while the costs of health care has skyrocketed? so, i would ask the chairman of the budget committee if that's true, and if it's true, then doesn't it deserve some consideration for those who care, as i do -- and i know the chairperson does -- about the men and women who are serving in the military? and shouldn't we listen to our military leadership who literally are saying they cannot defend this nation if this sequestration continues, particularly in the fashion, in the meat-ax fashion with which sequestration is now impacting our nation's defense? mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i would agree with the senator from arizona and of course the often-touted and quoted simpson-bowles commission report even in this debate over the last day is much more egregious in what they are speaking about. but, secondly, i agree with everything he s

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within three days of the denial letter, if they file the appeal, tricare, through their administrators to get back to them, basically affirming or giving them, or rejecting them or giving them consideration. it seems to me, procedurally, the only thing that would be left that far is to try to get into federal court action to see if a judge would consider some kind of injunctive relief. >> kristin, this is even before obamacare. they can make these decisions and yes, this family can appeal. this little girl who has put on all this weight has developed type 2 diabetes. should they look at all the six, or do you think they will? >> they absolutely should. is this a little girl that has a side effect from the surgery. it's an exceptional disease that doesn't happen very often. i think the statistics are 1 in 1 million. the brain surgery and then developed a problem with the hypothalamus gland. bob has mentioned the expedited process but insurance companies only consider it expedited in a case where it's a life-threatening illness. the appeals process, the federal appeals process, this is

when they rolled out tricare in 1995. they broke every promise they made.some fixed up. you will hear people inside the pentagon complaining about health care and benefits. a promise was made to the men and women. they came in when they were 18. you get free health care for life. that's the promise they made. they break that promise every year. they go oh, it's just too expensive. if it's too expensive, stop sending kids to war. >> for multiple tours. it's obscene. >> we will check in with mike allen and the beatles tracks you have never heard. you can find 59 previously unreleased recordings and how much they will set you back. how tragedy turned into romance for a victim of the boston bombing. a story that may get you choked up. that's nice. first here's bill with a check on the forecast. >> yesterday we had a very impressive record broken. as far as the temperature for november on the globe and not just the united states, it was the warmest month ever recorded going back to about 1880. look how warm russia and europe was. the brighter the red, the warmer

come a day when we set down and look long and hard at the sustainable nature of personnel costs -- tricare reform, pay and pension reforel. but we're going to do it understanding that i havundersta special flais ou place in our h. when it comes to balancing the budget and righting the department of defense long-term oblesz, we'll look at this in a professional manner and give people notice. we won't change the deal. can you imagine what it is like to have fought since 9/11, you're getting ready to retire in 2016, after 20 years of faithful service -- or maybe longer. from your last deployment in afghanistan had a couple bawd di--had a couple buddies die, md countless birthdays and christmases. every time a car pulls up in the driveway, your spouse loses their breath. and you leed read that this is what the congress is doing to you, change the deal. you did your part in the deal. but all of a sudden, we decide to change the deal because we got to find some money around this place. to pay for a budget deal that doesn't do a whole lot for the long-term indebtedness of the country. and when we

. >> you work for the air force and you are intelligent hero and tricare and the military humana refused the life saving surgery. how does that make you feel? >> disappointed. we had no issues with them previously. and we understand that they have policies in place, unfortunately we were hoping that they would look at alexis as an individual and not a number and fitting into a box. >> what really struck me, gen, it is not alexis over eating. it was medically induced and so many doctors concur that she has to have the gas trick bypass and willing to perform. you didn't have the money and the insurance company said no. can you describe the feelings that go through your mind if she can't have the surge row what will happen? >> i don't like to think about it. i know what happens. >> i belong to a support group and many kids lost their lives to this exact problem. you develop all of the symptoms that come along with weight gain and it is rapid. their bodies don't have time to adjust to it at all. and ultimately they lose their life to this disease. >> and so have other stories that we reporte