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S 476 111th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Military personnel and dependents Transportation costs

Care Affordability for Military Families Act

Introduced: February 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 25, 2009
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Care Affordability for Military Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a covered beneficiary under TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed care program) for travel expenses when such beneficiary is referred by a primary care physician to a specialty care provider located more than 50 (under current law, more than 100) miles from the primary care location.

What's happening now February 25, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 19, 2009
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 29, 2009
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 27, 2009
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 25, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 476: Care Affordability for Military Families Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-476/
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"S. 476: Care Affordability for Military Families Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-476/.
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S. 476, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-476/.
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