A 21% cut in Medicare and TRICARE payments to doctors took effect on Monday, March 1, because Congress failed to change current law. Congress may be preparing to act - temporarily. Congress can still avoid these cuts in payments that do effect TRICARE and TRICARE for Life beneficiaries. These cuts can be avoided, if Congress enacts legislation to delay/change these cuts within the next two weeks.

Please contact your legislators urging them to make this essential fix for Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries; use our CONTACT CONGRESS function under advocacy.

The purpose of this letter is to express our concern on behalf of veterans, military members and their families with the Senate version and the House version of national health care reform. We are writing to you to urge you to protect TRICARE and VA Health Care programs because of your interest in veterans’ affairs and broad experience in national defense.