by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 28, 2018 | Benefits, Medical
On January 1, TRICARE’s three TRICARE Regional Offices were combined into two, East and West, and two new managed care support contractors (MCSC), Health Net Federal Service and Humana, respectively, began administering care to TRICARE beneficiaries in those...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 8, 2018 | Legislative
During the first session of the 115th Congress, Senator Hatch (R-UT) introduced S. 1086 which aims to remove the prohibition on TRICARE eligibility for members of the Selected Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 8, 2018 | Legislative
Recently, Senators Roger Wicker and Chris Coons introduced S. 2416 and Representatives Steven Palazzo and Tim Walz introduced H.R. 5038, the Guard and Reserve Benefit Parity Act of 2018. The legislation is a follow-up to last year’s Parity Act. Fortunately,...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 5, 2018 | Auxiliary, State Association
The 49th annual MNGEA State Conference has been turned back on! The National Guard Association of Minnesota (NGAMN) has graciously invited the MN National Guard Enlisted Association (MNGEA) members to attend their 113th NGAMN State Conference & Exhibition this...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 18, 2018 | News
All service members are expected to be world-wide deployable but that has not been the case in recent years. The number of individuals who are not healthy enough to serve overseas has swelled in recent years, and DoD will soon begin letting go a good number of the...
