Category Archives: Benefits

Tricare Help: Wartime service no guarantee of Tricare for Life

Answering your questions on Tricare.

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Tricare Help: Thinking of a tattoo? If you get a bad one, you’re on your own

Answering your questions on Tricare.

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Veterans bill improves benefits, protections

An omnibus veterans benefits bill signed into law on Wednesday holds the promise of big changes for disabled veterans and their families, according to the two committee chairmen responsible for passing the compromise bill.

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Veterans bill improves benefits, protections

An omnibus veterans benefits bill signed into law on Wednesday holds the promise of big changes for disabled veterans and their families, according to the two committee chairmen responsible for passing the compromise bill.

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Health care costs for vets to soar, report says

In a warning with big implications for future budget debates, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost of veterans health care will rise between 45 percent and 70 percent over the next decade, a massive jump that will only partly … Continue reading

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Health care costs for vets to soar, report says

In a warning with big implications for future budget debates, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost of veterans health care will rise between 45 percent and 70 percent over the next decade, a massive jump that will only partly … Continue reading

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Costs could impede GI Bill improvement efforts

A bipartisan bill to improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill — paying book allowances to active-duty members, adding non-degree vocational training as a covered benefit and expanding eligibility for National Guard and reserve members — has a $1.3 billion problem.

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Costs could impede GI Bill improvement efforts

A bipartisan bill to improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill — paying book allowances to active-duty members, adding non-degree vocational training as a covered benefit and expanding eligibility for National Guard and reserve members — has a $1.3 billion problem.

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Bill would loosen rules for GI Bill transfers

A New Mexico lawmaker wants to relax rules for transferring Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to family members so that service members can postpone that decision until after they retire.

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Bill would loosen rules for GI Bill transfers

A New Mexico lawmaker wants to relax rules for transferring Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to family members so that service members can postpone that decision until after they retire.

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