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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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Sandwiched between active-duty beneficiaries of Tricare Prime and retired users of Tricare for Life are three million military retirees under 65 and their beneficiaries.Nearly 2 million of these use Tricare Standard, and, according to a White Paper circulating in Congress, many of them are embittered by the system and resentful because of recent improvements to the other two programs. The top priority of the nine-member Military Retiree Grass Roots Group that is circulating the paper is to achieve legislation that would allow retirees to ignore Tricare and enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, which offers a range of health insurance options to a multitude of federal civilians and retirees. |
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