Zero-Cost TRICARE and Dental to Ensure Reserve Component Medical Readiness

The Issue

National Guard and Reserve service members continue to face challenges in obtaining health care access to meet medical readiness requirements and ensuring continuity of care, especially when deploying overseas. Significant numbers of service members without health care directly impacts National Guard deployability, as no-notice deployments have increased to record-highs over the last several years.

Recommendation

• Support Healthcare for Our Troops Act to provide zero-cost health benefits to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers. 
• Support Dental Care for Our Troops Act to provide zero-cost dental for National Guard and Reserve servicemembers. 
• Authorize TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) eligibility for National Guard and Reserve service members who are federal employees in their civilian capacity.

Take Action

Immediately notify your congressional delegation and ask them to support Healthcare for Our Troops Act to provide zero-cost TRICARE health benefits to National Guard service members. Additionally, support Dental Care for Our Troops Act, to provide zero-cost dental for National Guard service members.

Take Action

Point of Contact

Julian Plamann
Legislative Affairs Manager, Joint & Personnel