How would you save the military money in medical expenses?

1. Combine all military medical assets into the Public Health Service and expand to include manning of all Veteran Administration hospitals. Only Corpsman, Medics, and Physician Assistants would remain branch specific. Medical teams in the PHS would specialize/certify for land, air, and sea operations instead of having separate medical corps for each branch.<div><br></div><div>2. Charge a nominal annual deductible for each dependent to access medical services. Exclude preventative care and immunizations from the deductible. This should help reduce unnecessary access to medical services when an over-the-counter treatment was all that was needed.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Centralize all military medical training, removing redundant training centers.</div><div><br></div><div>4. Lock retiree medical insurance rates to increase with the CPI.</div><div><br></div><div>5. Charge more for insuring retirees' dependents.</div><div><br></div><div>6. A Physician's Assistant should be assigned to every Battalion to allow for an easy open door access to sick call triage. It would also allow for quick identification of personnel that are prone to malingering.</div><div><br></div><div>7. Provide greater access to preventative care for service members such as Chiropractors.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>