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Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

Introduced: February 16, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 16, 2005
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Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.

Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly part B premium (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) with respect to: (1) an individual who is entitled to military retired or retainer pay based upon service that began before December 7, 1956; and (2) the spouse, widow, or widower of such individuals.

What's happening now February 16, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 602 Identical bill Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 5, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 407: Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-407/
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