Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 6, 2017)
Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017
This bill permits a veteran who is disability-retired for a condition or injury incurred during service in the U.S. Armed Forces to choose health care coverage through Medicare or TRICARE. (TRICARE is a Department of Defense managed health care program for uniformed service members, military retirees, and their dependents.)What just happenedDec 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 6, 2017
- Dec 13, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Dec 8, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Dec 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Dec 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Dec 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Armed Services Committee - Dec 6, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 6, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House