Pentagon to Retirees: Plan Now for Tricare Select Enrollment Fees in 2021 It's the first time since the creation of Tricare Select that users will have to pay a monthly fee.
House Lawmakers Want to Pause Military Health System Overhaul The House's draft defense policy bill has provisions designed to slow shifts at medical facilities and cuts to medical staff.
Tricare Prescriptions Would Be Free During Pandemic Under New Proposal The legislation would let Tricare waive prescription drug copayments for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Would Let Children Stay On Parents' Tricare Plan Until Age 26 A Virginia congresswoman says her proposal would bring Tricare in line with the Affordable Care Act.
No New Tricare Fees in Proposed DoD Budget The Pentagon takes a break from hiking health care enrollment fees and co-pays.
Errors in Military Health Overhaul Plan Could Result in Some Losing Care, GAO Finds A look at the DoD's assessment of health care services in 11 communities shows gaps in availability and quality of care.
Tricare Ends Coverage of Routine Vitamin D Screenings A Tricare official said the change is the result of recommendations from medical associations.
As the Military Restarts Elective Surgeries, Some Troops Will Have Top Priority Scheduling will depend on installation health conditions, hospital supplies of personal protective equipment and more.
Tricare Drops Telehealth Copays, Adds Phone Call Coverage in Emergency Measure The health program loosens some rules related to telehealth appointments during the COVID-19 outbreak.
If My Spouse Gives Up His Benefits Can I Have Them? She wants her husband to forfeit some medical benefits so she can use them. But is that how the military benefits system...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...