From a recent study by USA Today, from Freedom of Information requests, it was determined that there were 21,089 US federal retirees, or 1.2% of all federal retirees, who collected annual pensions of $100,000 or more annually.
Given the huge $16 trillion of US Debt, I think it is only fair that all retired federal employees, both non-military and military, who receive very high US government pensions, should have their post-retirement US Government health benefits reduced, such as by higher deductibles and higher co-pays.
My recommendation here is that any federal retiree who receives a US Government pension of at least $75,000 annually, but less than $100,000 annually, should have his post-retirement US Government health benefits reduced by such items as higher deductibles and higher co-pays.
And for any federal retiree who receives a US Government pension of at least $100,000 annually should have his post-retirement US
Government health benefits reduced by an even more significant amount by such items as even higher deductibles
and even higher co-pays.
