2011 Budget: Pay and TRICARE Fees Up?

Week of February 08, 2010

The Obama administration proposes to spend three percent more next year on support programs for war-strained military families. But officials are urging Congress to stop adding extra dollars to the military pay raise every January and find a way to raise TRICARE fees for the first time in 15 years. In addition, the White House also is repeating its call that Congress phase in "concurrent receipt" -- the payment of military retired pay in addition to disability compensation -- for 103,000 veterans who were forced by medical conditions to retire short of  20 years' service. Read the full article.