TRICARE:
- It covers active and retired military personnel and their dependents, survivors and certain former spouses.
VETERANS AFFAIRS / ADMINISTRATION (VA):
- Veteran – Veteran is a person who has served in the army, navy or air force, especially during a war.
- It covers the spouse or child of a veteran who died on the duty or who has been rated permanently and totally disabled for a service-connected disability by a VA regional office.
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