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Dear Ones:
Last month I put out a plea on behalf of our Nation's Service Members and their families that we all write and urge our lawmakers to support and pass "The TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act" (H.R. 4923) a bill that would extend TRICARE coverage for dependent children to the maximum age of 26. LINK: www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/04/left-out-us-military-denied-obamacare.html BELOW IS WHAT I'VE WRITTEN TO DATE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, SECY ROBERT GATES, SEN CHRIS DODD, SEN JOE LIEBERMAN AND REP JIM HIMES:
Dear Sirs and Madam:
The fact that the U.S. Military and their families are callously denied the presumptive 'benefits' of Obamacare only serves to solidify the fact that this monstrosity needs to be repealed and replaced with something credible and sentient.
Absent that and if we must live with this bill, then please, at least pass and enact Representative Martin Heinrich (N.M.)'s "The TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act" (H.R. 4923), a bill that would extend TRICARE coverage for dependent children to the maximum age of 26.
May God imbue you with His endless compassion, so that you will realize how wrong it is to deny the same to others who serve and protect you daily.
Thank you,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
Stamford Medical Reserve Corps
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
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I realize that 'legalese' can be confusing, but I assure you that the concepts here are very easy to understand and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. OBAMACARE does NOT apply to the TRICARE COVERAGE of U.S. Service Members and DoD employees. A separate, special piece of legislation known as 'S. 3201' is needed to bring military health care coverage up-to-speed with Obamacare. If you prefer to 'just get going and active', skip to "THE BOTTOM LINE" (AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE) and follow the link there to make your own, personal MEMORIAL DAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION TRIBUTE to our fine service members who protect us domestically and on foreign shores.
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Below is the response I received from Sen. Lieberman today, saying "Please be assured that I will keep your strong support for this measure in mind as it continues through the legislative process".
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May 26, 2010
Rev. Reverend Barbara Sexton
Stamford, CT
Dear Rev. Sexton:
Thank you for contacting me about the TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act (S. 3201), which was introduced by Senator Mark Udall (D-CO).
Currently, TRICARE insurance covers the children of beneficiaries up to the age of 21, or, in some cases, up to age 23, such as for full-time college students. While the national health care reform legislation signed into law earlier this year will require most insurance plans to extend dependant coverage up to age 26, this provision of the law will not apply to TRICARE. As you may know, the health care reform legislation does not change or modify the TRICARE program whatsoever. S. 3201, however, would extend TRICARE insurance coverage so that children of active duty service members and retirees could stay on their parents' policies until the age of 26.
S. 3201 is currently pending consideration by the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which I am a senior member. Please be assured that I will keep your strong support for this measure in mind as it continues through the legislative process. To keep track of further developments on this legislation, you can click on the "Track a Bill" button at www.lieberman.senate.gov
Thank you again for sharing your views and concerns with me. I hope you will continue to visit my website at http://lieberman.senate.gov for updated news about my work on behalf of Connecticut and the nation. Please contact me if you have any additional questions or comments about our work in Congress.
Sincerely,
Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR
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From Rev. Barb: Use the keyword 'TRICARE' to search Library of Congress records. More specifically Here is the link for H.R. 4923, so you can observe the progress of things directly (89 cosponsors): www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR04923:/bss/111search.html
Last major action: 4/23/2010 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Here is the link for S.3291 from Sen. Lieberman's web site so you can observe the progress of things directly (29 cosponsors): www.thomas.gov/cgibin/bdquery/Dd111:31:./temp/~bd1KAW::/bss/111search.html
Last major action: 4/14/2010 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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THE BOTTOM LINE: WHAT YOU CAN DO: GO TO THE LINK BELOW AND WRITE YOUR LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF ASSURING THAT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IT IS VERY EASY TO DO. IF YOU CARE ABOUT THOSE WHO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR OUR COUNTRY, DO THIS TODAY IN THE SPIRIT OF A MEMORIAL DAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION TRIBUTE TO OUR FINE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, so that they may get the coverage they have so bravely earned.Here is a link for you to use from the Military.com Legislative Center:
www.capwiz.com/military/issues/alert/?alertid=14889621&type=ML
God Bless Sen. Joe Lieberman and other legislators and all of you who care enough to do some work and make a difference for our fighting men and women.
With Love in Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
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