TFL Retirees to Pay 80% of VA Health Care Costs

[Ken Hendry]

TFL Retirees to Pay 80% of VA Health Care Costs


TRICARE for Life beneficiaries are being notified that as of October 1st, military retirees (over age 65) who receive care at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility for non-service connected ailments will be required to pay the VA 80% of the TRICARE allowable charges. By law TRICARE, will only pay up to 20 percent. The remaining 80 percent is equal to the amount that Medicare would have paid if the beneficiary had used a Medicare certified provider.
This is not a new a new Law, it is a regulation that both agencies (TRICARE & VA) recently realized was not properly enforced for over a decade.
To avoid getting charged the remaining 80 percent, TRICARE and the VA are urging that you only seek care for service connected disability at VA health care facilities and seek care for all other medical services at a certified Medicare provider
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***It is important to note that higher priority veterans will not be impacted by the enforcement of this rule. For example, veterans with VA disability ratings of 10 to 40 percent will continue to receive cost-free VA care for any condition. These veterans are only required to pay a co-payment of $8 on outpatient medications for non-service-connected conditions. Veterans with service-connected ratings of 50 percent or higher are not required to make any co-payments for care at VA facilities.***



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[kaelobo]

Just want to follow up on VA assistance for my mom the VA did help out a lot on her assisted living cost and care, since than my Mom has passed The VA AGAIN help with the funeral she is at FT LOGAN CEMETERY WITH MY DAD AND BROTHER i know my dad thought it was a honor to fight for this country my brother he was proud to fight for what he believed was for freedom in VN, my mom has seven sons four daughters four served in nam. she was a very strong Women a great Mom , God rest her soul,................................needed to talk about it Thanks for the shoulder,

[Rocky C]

Sorry for your loss Brother.
Prayers Outbound...

[kaelobo]

Thank you. iam mad at myself for not being able to grieve really sucks.