Military Families Face Healthcare Cutbacks

After Gutting Civilian Health Insurance, Trump Now Has the Pentagon’s Tricare Program in the Crosshairs


After Trump took a sledgehammer to the Affordable Care Act and told Congress it can fix what’s left of it, he now has military healthcare in his crosshairs.

The Department of Defense just filed notice that it would look at all options regarding Tricare, the official healthcare provider for all of the U.S. armed forces and its beneficiaries, including repealing, replacing or modifying it.

Once again, the executive order Trump signed in February, titled “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” is being used as the reason to make changes. And as outlined in that document, the rationale given is to “alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens to the American people.” Like healthcare.

Tricare currently covers 9.4 million beneficiaries around the world, including active members of all the armed forces and Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserves and retirees and their families and survivors.


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