3.0.0 2117 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z Senate S 2017-11-09 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-09T22:34:14Z Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017 115 4571 HR 2017-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2017-11-09 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-11-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-11-09 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-11-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-23T20:13:06Z 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.)

]]> Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017 Display Title Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the TRICARE program to include certain veterans entitled to benefits under the Medicare program due to conditions or injuries incurred during service in the Armed Forces and to waive the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty for such veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2117is/xml/BILLS-115s2117is.xml 2017-11-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.