Preventive care plan omits Tricare for Life

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Preventive care plan omits Tricare for Life
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 8, 2008 7:04:08 EDT

Budgetary rules forced a House subcommittee to take the unprecedented step of creating a new Tricare preventive health care program that does not apply to 1.5 million for Medicare-eligible retirees and their families in the Tricare for Life program.

Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Armed Services military personnel panel, said the plan, approved Wednesday as part of the 2009 defense authorization bill, is aimed at cutting the military’s long-term health care costs by providing preventive care.

The personnel portion of the defense policy bill, approved by voice vote and with no debate, includes:

• A 3.9 percent military pay raise.

• Increases in Army and Marine Corps active-duty personnel and in Army National Guard and Army Reserve support personnel on full-time active duty.


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