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TRICARE Prime fee increases, limited access to military treatment facilities, and fewer civilian care providers are likely to be an issue in 2012 and beyond.
TRICARE Prime Fees for Military Retirees — As reported last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave a sneak peak at the DoD’s proposed FY2013 budget and his long term plan to reduce defense spending by approximately $259 billion over the next five years.
According to the Military Officers Association of America, TRICARE working age military retirees will take a significant hit under the proposed defense budget.
MOAA reports that the proposed changes include tiered enrollment fees based on a retiree’s rank. This means that senior grade retirees would pay more for their health care than junior retirees. MOAA points out that this “tiered approach would make military retirees the only group of government retirees subject to health care means-testing.”
BRAC Could Impact Access to Military Treatment Facilities – The DoD’s budget proposal also asks Congress to make another round of Base Realignment and Closures in order to reduce excess infrastructure. MOAA warns retirees that more base closures would result in fewer Military Treatment Facilities and clinics, in addition to access to other valuable benefits.
Fewer Civilian TRICARE Providers – Many doctors who provide care for TRICARE beneficiaries (known as Primary Care Managers) already receive a payment rate that is significantly lower than the rate paid by civilian health care insurance companies.
To make things worse, these doctors are due to have their Medicare/TRICARE payment rates cut by 27 percent this year. As a result, many doctors have limited the number of TRICARE patients and/or refused to accept new TRICARE patients; effectively limiting patient access to TRICARE benefits.
Congress recently postponed the 27 percent reimbursement rate cut for two months. However, many fear that the short-term deal has only delayed the problem. As part of the deal to postpone the rate decrease, Congress agreed to establish a 20 member conference committee to work out a long-term extension.
According to MOAA, Congress has until February 29 to come up with an extension, but it “seems negotiations have a long way to go.”
Contact your members of Congress and let them know how you fell about TRICARE!
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is collecting photographs of the more than 58,000 American service-members whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The photos will become part of The Education Center at The Wall, a multi-million dollar visitor’s center slated to open in November.
For more information or to submit a photograph, visit:
or
call 202-393-0090.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is beginning a phased mailing of information packets on the Physical Disability Review Board (PDBR) to every qualified veteran with a current home address on file at VA.
The Physical Disability Review Board (PDRB) has the authority to reexamine the files and, if appropriate, raise disability ratings of up to 77,000 veterans — those medically separated with ratings less than 30 percent between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2009.
Eligible veterans can apply now to the PDBR to have their ratings reviewed. For more information, visit the Physical Disability Review Board webpage at: www.health.mil/pdbr.
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have jointly developed the eBenefits portal as a single secure point of access for online benefit information and tools to perform multiple self-service functions, such as checking monthly benefit rates, filing a claim, or checking its status.
Veterans may enroll in eBenefits and obtain a Premium account by verifying their identity in-person at the nearest regional office or online depending on their status, or calling VA’s toll free number at 1-800-827-1000.
Service Members may also enroll in eBenefits using their Common Access Card at any time during their military service, or before they leave during their Transition Assistance Program briefings.
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A federal judge has approved a settlement that will deliver better benefits to nearly 2,100 veterans who have been medically discharged since 2002 with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Under the settlement, affected veterans discharged with PTSD will get lifetime health care and post-exchange privileges. The affected veterans had been discharged with disability ratings that were too low to receive such benefits. The class action lawsuit was <EM>Sabo v. United States. </EM>Similar legal efforts are currently underway.
For more information, visit the National Veterans Legal Services Program website and the ptsdlawsuit.com website.
Veterans can now fill out a request for their service records (SF-180) on line and receive a copy of their DD-214. Those that need these records can get them by filing on line or downloading a copy of the SF-180 and filing it by regular snail mail or fax, if your prefer.
This may be particularly helpful when a veteran needs a copy of his DD-214 for employment purposes. NPRC is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files.
Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents.
Other individuals with a need for documents must still complete the Standard Form 180, which can be downloaded from the on-line web site. Because the requester will be asked to supply all information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information will be minimized.
The new web-based application was designed to provide better service on these requests by eliminating the records center mail room and processing time.
