WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to lower health care costs for military families.
Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act to lower health care costs for military families by expanding access to TRICARE, the health insurance program for servicemembers and their families.
Currently, TRICARE only covers dependents until the age of 21 (or 23 if they are enrolled as full-time students), as opposed to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which covers dependents until age 26.
When dependents lose TRICARE eligibility, they are left with the choice of either going without coverage or paying additional premiums for alte...