The Case Against Pay Caps, Higher TRICARE Fees The Military Coalition offered arguments against pay caps and TRICARE fee increases before a Senate subcommittee.
Avoiding TRICARE Fee Hikes Readers of Tom Philpott’s Military Update column sound off on finding ways to avoid TRICARE fee increases.
House Panel Rejects Pay Cap, Most TRICARE Hikes A House panel rejected the administration's call to cap the 2014 pay raise at one percent.
Views on TRICARE Fee Hikes Vary Readers of Tom Philpott's Military Update column sound off on their views on raising TRICARE fees.
Retirees May Never See the Back Pay They're Due Due to a DFAS error, 55,000 'High-3' Retirees are due back Pay, but if DoD has its way they may never see it.
Who Pays More for Care: Retirees or Congress? "I say no TRICARE fee increases without transparency from Congress as to what their health care costs are, and how they are...
VA Outpatient Costs to Rise for Some TFL Retirees Retirees using TRICARE for Life will face higher outpatient costs at VA hospitals for conditions not rated as service...
Most TFL-Eligible Vets Won’t See Higher VA Costs Will a retired military person with a 10 percent VA disability rating have to pay VA for health services provided for...
VA 'Outside Care' Being Fused Under Two Networks Veterans should see more timely access to mental health providers and other civilian specialists under a new initiative.
Defense Health Agency Aims to Expand On-Base Care A new Defense Health Agency will come to life Oct. 1, with new authorities to control health costs by cutting waste.
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...
