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11/12/2010 | The Aid and Attendance (A&A) Pension Benefit for Vets
Reminder: Any War-Time Veteran with 90 days of active duty, 1 day beginning or ending during a period of War, is eligible to apply for the Aid & Attendance Improved Pension.
The Aid and Attendance ...
Link: http://www.veteranaid.org/program.php |
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8/30/2010 | You may be a wartime vet, eligible for a pension and not even realize it....
A little-known veterans' benefit for long-term care expenses is available to wartime veterans and their spouses. But the benefit is being overlooked by thousands of families, industry observers say.
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Link: http://ezinearticles.com/?Little-Known-Veterans-Pension-That-Can-Earn-You-Up-to-$22,000-a-Year-Tax-F |
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8/12/2010 | TRICARE Sets Gray Area Retiree Premiums
Week of August 09, 2010
Last year, Congress approved the creation of the TRICARE Reserve Retired program, a premium-paid TRICARE Standard coverage plan for "gray area" Reserve retirees. The program ... |
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8/12/2010 | VA Ordered to Release Agent Orange Rule
Week of August 09, 2010
A coalition of veterans' service organizations won their case to force the VA to issue a final regulation authorizing payment of claims for ischemic heart disease, Parkinson ... |
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7/7/2010 | New TRICARE Requirement
Week of June 28, 2010
A new requirement means that skilled nursing facilities will have to preauthorize care provided to Medicare-eligible TRICARE beneficiaries once Medicare benefits are exhausted ... |
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7/7/2010 | Bronze Medallions for non-VA Cemeteries
WASHINGTON (AFRNS) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced June 29 that the Department of Veterans Affairs is offering bronze medallions to attach to existing, privately purchased hea ... |
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6/15/2010 | VA Updates Medication Co-payments Priority Group 7 & 8
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has provided updates to their existing policy for charging certain veterans co-payments for medication received on a ... |
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3/29/2010 | House Approves Legislation to Protect TRICARE
HR 4887 Approved by a Vote of 403-0!
On March 19, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) introduced legislation, HR 4887, which would explicitly state that TRICARE and Non-Ap ... |