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Veterans News — Top Read Articles of 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, the Veterans Association of America offers heartfelt wishes to our readers, members, partners, and all veterans for a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year, we would like to provide a look back at the most accessed articles from the year. We will continue our look back series in next week's issue. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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10 veterans benefits you may not know about
MilitaryBenefitsInfo
From May 19: Many veterans know about the basic healthcare and education benefits available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs: Tricare and the GI Bill. While these benefits alone are substantial, numerous other programs help provide more benefits to veterans and their families. Even within the healthcare and education programs are little-known benefits to improve the lives of veterans and help ease the financial burden of medical care or other expenses. Here are 10 veterans benefits you haven't heard about that all veterans should see if they qualify for.
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Retirees: Start paying for Tricare select now or lose coverage in January
Military.com
From Oct. 27: Most retirees enrolled in Tricare Select will soon be required to pay a new monthly premium or lose their health insurance coverage. A little-noticed provision in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act is going into effect next year. It authorized the new fees, which will impact only retirees, their family members and survivors on Tricare Select. You are not affected if you use other Tricare programs such as Tricare For Life, Tricare Prime, Tricare Reserve Select, Tricare Retired Reserve or Tricare Young Adult.
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Tax breaks coming to some vets, surviving spouses in these 3 states
Military.com
From Nov. 17: While many races from the Nov. 3 elections remained too close to call hours after the polls closed, voters in three states — Florida, New Jersey and Virginia — moved decisively to approve measures aimed at offering support and appreciation — in the form of tax breaks — to veterans.
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These states are giving cash to veterans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Military.com
From April 14: As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, some U.S. states are taking action to help out veterans who are being hurt by the outbreak's economic impact. While all states offer special benefits to veterans ranging from free fishing licenses to home loans and free college, two have recently announced new and expanded cash relief programs for their veterans.
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Check out the most underused veterans benefits in your state
Military Times
From Aug. 5: Different states offer various benefits for veterans, but some are not widely used by veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked representatives to discuss the most underused benefit in their respective states.
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2020 VA disability rates
Military Benefits Info
From June 16: The 2020 VA Disability Rates saw 1.6% cost-of-living increase based on the COLA calculations. For a 50% disabled veteran with a spouse and one child who currently receives $1,026.36 per month, this amounts to about $16 more per month.
Use the VA combined disability calculator or the charts below to find your monthly or annual disability payments.
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5 military installations selected for Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials
Connecting Vets
From Sept. 8: The Department of Defense selected five installations to participate in phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials.
"The Department of Defense continues to play a key role in the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine," said Tom McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. "Now that vaccines have passed the first phases of testing for safety, dosing, and response, we are ready to move into the next phase where volunteers are needed to join large clinical studies."
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VA to expand caregiver stipend benefits to pre-9/11 veterans this fall
Connecting Vets
From Oct. 13: The Department of Veterans Affairs is set to expand caregiver stipends to more veterans and their families this fall — a year later than originally planned.
Congress already signed off on legislation expanding VA's caregiver program to older veterans who served before Sept. 11, 2001. But holdups at the department prevented those veterans from receiving their stipends.
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Veteran's benefits explained
Military.com
From May 10: You may be eligible for certain benefits based on your military service.
The following is a summary of veteran's benefits and what you need to know about them ...
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