Expanded Healthcare for Gold Star Spouses
This act expands access to medical and dental care for surviving spouses of service members who died in the line of duty. It removes the previous time limit, meaning eligible individuals will have indefinite access to these benefits, regardless of the date of the service member's death.
Key points
Gold Star surviving spouses will gain permanent access to TRICARE Prime healthcare benefits.
The three-year time limit for medical and dental benefits for this group is eliminated.
These changes apply even if the service member's death occurred before this act became law.
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