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03-14-2003, 12:00 AM
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DoD Approves Expanded Health Coverage for Reserve Family Members
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2003 -- Two major changes effective immediately will make it easier for reserve component family members to receive health care coverage from the Defense Department when their sponsor is activated, the department's top doc said.
The first change shortens the time reservists and Guardsmen must be activated -- from 179 to 30 days -- for their family members to be eligible for enrollment in TRICARE Prime, the military's most comprehensive health care option.
Dr. William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said department officials were "pleased and delighted" to make the changes.
"We realize that reserve members and their families have a need for health care when reservists are called up for active duty," he said. "We wanted to make the use of that benefit easier and more comprehensive."
LInk (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/n03132003_200303137. html)
DoD Approves Expanded Health Coverage for Reserve Family Members
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2003 -- Two major changes effective immediately will make it easier for reserve component family members to receive health care coverage from the Defense Department when their sponsor is activated, the department's top doc said.
The first change shortens the time reservists and Guardsmen must be activated -- from 179 to 30 days -- for their family members to be eligible for enrollment in TRICARE Prime, the military's most comprehensive health care option.
Dr. William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said department officials were "pleased and delighted" to make the changes.
"We realize that reserve members and their families have a need for health care when reservists are called up for active duty," he said. "We wanted to make the use of that benefit easier and more comprehensive."
LInk (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/n03132003_200303137. html)