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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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NDAA Derails Retiree Forced Choice The fiscal 2002 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that blocks the Administration's plan to force military retirees with VA disabilities to choose between military or VA health care. Retiree and veterans groups have objected to "forced choice" because: (1) VA care is earned by incurring disability due to military service while Tricare is earned through the hardships of a military career, and (2) selecting one over the other would force the beneficiary either to forego specialty care that other veterans rate, such as hearing aids and prosthetics, or to relinquish a choice of civilian providers that other military retirees rate. |
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