CLASS ACTION SUIT
Information;
The following questionaire is designed for our new class action suit and
should be answered by all in the following categories even if you do not act
as a class representative. We are doing this without attorney fees, but we
need everyone's help. Please send whatever you can to help with the
expenses of this case. We will petition the court for reasonable attorney
fees if we win, but will not be disappointed if they do not award them to
us - I will consider this, and the petition, my pro bono contribution to
society. Categories: a) retired military, b) spouses of retired
military,
c) Other dependents of retired military, d) widows(ers) of retired
military or military members who died on active duty, e)
dependents of
active duty military who are having to pay any co-pay for their medical
care. f) All military
personnel wounded in action or otherwise given a medical discharge, thereby
precluding them from completing their career through no fault of their own
and their legal dependents.
Please fill this out and return to this e-mail, fax to: (210)227-4229, or
mail to: Philipe E. Jones, Attorneys at Law, 126 East Main
Plaza, San Antonio, Texas 78205.
Also, please download, copy and
distribute to all the above categories. We ask that everyone able to do
so,
please sponsor a home-bound, hospital-bound, or nursing home-bound member of
the above categories and take a copy to them. Thanks, Phil
Medical Care Class Action Questionnaire
1. Your status:______________
a) Military Retiree, b) Spouse of military retiree, c) Other dependent
of military retiree, d) widow(er) of military retiree or active duty
military who died on active duty, e) dependent of active duty military who
is
forced to pay any co-pay for their medical care,. f) All military
personnel wounded in action or otherwise given a medical discharge, thereby
precluding them from completing their career through no fault of their own and their legal dependents.
Any of the above category constituents must have been on active duty
prior to October 1st, 1995.
2. You are in which of the TRICARE categories? _______________
a) TRICARE PRIME and it was made clear to you that you would be on a
space available only basis if you did not select this or the TRICARE EXTRA
category.
b) TRICARE STANDARD meaning you made no TRICARE election.
c) TRICARE EXTRA which is like a PPO.
3. Your fees for health care are:__________________________________
__________________________________________________________.
4. Approximate amount out-of-pcket expense for medical care you
have
been forced to incur since October 1st,
1995_________________________________.
5. It was your clear understanding regarding medical care which of the
following______________________.
a) The service member who made a career of the military or died
serving -
his/her spouse would receive no-cost medical, dental and pharmaceutical
care for life, and all legal dependents would also receive the
no-cost care
until they lost their legal dependent status If service member
died on active
duty the no-cost care continued for life of the spouse and duration of
legal dependency for other dependents. Also, any spouse who divorced
service
member after retirement would continue to receive the no-cost care for
their life.
b) Service member and dependents would get no-cost medical care as long
as the sponsor was on active duty only, after which time they would
receive
said care on a space available basis only.
.c) Any other understanding as follows_______________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________.
6. Dates of service for service member__________________________.
7. Service number of service member___________________________.
8. Service member was told by the following that they would receive
no-cost health /dental/pharmaceutical care for life for
themselves and spouses
and dependents for as long as they held legal dependent
status.______________
__________________________________________________________
Please provide names and dates if possible.
a) Your initial recruiter, b) Reenlistment counselor, c) Commander,
d)
Other
9. Your decision to make a career of the military was motivated as
follows_____________.
a) The decision was motivated primarily by your desire to serve
your
country and the no-cost medical care; secondarily by the pension.
b) The decision was motivated primarily by your desire to
serve your
country and the pension; secondarily by the no-cost medical care.
c) The decision was not significantly motivated by the health care.
Name(Please Print)________________________________________
Address________________________________________________
City, State, ZipCode_______________________________________
Phone number to include Area Code___________________________
Email Address____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________.
Closing statement: I, or my sponsor, faithfully served my country
for a
career and either sacrificed life or limb, or was willing to do so, with
the understanding that my spouse, myself and legal dependents would
receive
no-cost health care for life (in the case of other dependents - as long
as they maintained legal dependent status). Electronic or
handwritten
signature_______________________________________________.