U.S. Congress - H.R.1222 Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
H.R.1222 - Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
To restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act as introduced.
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2/28/2007--Introduced.Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a mOfficial Summary
2/28/2007--Introduced.Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries:
(1) a member or former member of the Armed Forces entitled to military retired or retainer pay;
(2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service;
(3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member;
(4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and
(5) a family member. Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.
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WashingtonWatch.com Digest - October 27, 2008
Another veterans bill, subject of a new cost estimate last week, is HR 1222, the Keep Our Promise to Americaâs Military Retirees Act. The bill would would allow military retirees, their dependents, and survivors to enroll in the Federal ...
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