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Newsletter: Benefit Beat
Topic: Benefit Beat
Issue: 65
Article Date: 11/1/2006
Print Version
Included in the Appropriations Bill recently signed by President Bush (the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 109-364), there are some new secondary payor rules applicable to group health plans. Specifically, the rules provide that Tricare is secondary to group health plans, excluding plans sponsored by employers with fewer than 20 employees. In other words, an individual covered by, or eligible for coverage under, Tricare must be given the same rights to participate in the group health plan as the individual not eligible for Tricare. In no way can the employer do anything to incent the individual to decline group health coverage in favor of Tricare. Significant penalties would be imposed for this kind of action. This law takes effect January 1, 2008.
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