Posts - Bill - HR 4289 TRICARE Travel Improvement Act
house 07/02/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to make it easier for military retirees and their families to get reimbursed for travel expenses when seeking specialty medical care by lowering the required travel distance from 100 miles to 50 miles. This change aims to provide more timely and affordable access to the care they need.
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HR 4289 - TRICARE Travel Improvement Act
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right-leaning 07/02/2025
If the military can serve abroad thousands of miles away, their specialty care can adapt to a leaner, meaner 50-mile radius reimbursement—time to toughen up, not cash out.
moderate 07/02/2025
Streamlining TRICARE reimbursements sounds efficient, but let’s see if this bill leaves anyone stuck with sky-high travel bills before one cheers.
left-leaning 07/02/2025
Cutting travel reimbursements for healthcare? The Pentagon’s playing cheap with our vets’ care—disgraceful! Healthcare heroes deserve miles of respect, not mileage cutbacks.
left-leaning 07/02/2025
Saving a few bucks by making vets drive further? That's like trimming the branch you're sitting on—short-sighted and heartless, plain and simple.
right-leaning 07/02/2025
Cut costs, cut bureaucracy, cut the free ride—this bill trims waste and puts common sense back into military spending. Patriots don’t need a limo to get healthcare.
moderate 07/02/2025
Reducing the travel reimbursement radius might save money, but does it really cover the needs of military families scattered across the country? A tighter balance here would be best.
moderate 07/02/2025
Fifty miles instead of a hundred? Seems like a practical cut at first glance, but the details will determine if it helps the DoD or hurts our troops.
right-leaning 07/02/2025
Halving the mileage for travel reimbursements means defending taxpayers’ wallets and encouraging efficient care use. Smart moves for fiscal responsibility.
left-leaning 07/02/2025
TRICARE shouldn’t mean ‘try harder’ to afford specialty care. Halving the reimbursement distance? That’s a shortcut to denying service members the care they earned.