Military.com Benefit News Military.com Benefit NewsThese Changes to Tricare Plans Are Taking Place in 2026 April 16, 2026Changes to Tricare in 2026 include a batch of reforms targeting access and cost plus a pilot program testing a new model in two cities.This Is How Veterans Can Receive Benefits for Military Sexual Trauma-Related Conditions April 14, 2026Many victims of military sexual trauma live with the consequences for years or decades before learning that they may be eligible for VA disability compensation and free health care for conditions caused by what happened to them.A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved April 14, 2026Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one year, those veterans showed measurable improvements in health factors as well as their overall quality of life.The VA Is Giving Away $112 Million in Suicide Prevention Grants. Here’s Who Can Apply and Why It Matters April 14, 2026The Department of Veterans Affairs is giving away $112 million in grants to community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to veterans.Tricare Providers Have Gone More Than a Year Without Payment. Now Some Are Getting Clawback Letters. April 6, 2026When Humana Military switched its claims processor from Wisconsin Physicians Service to PGBA on Jan. 1, 2025, the transition was supposed to be seamless. It was not.Every Benefit Available to Surviving Military Spouses in 2026 April 6, 2026The Department of Veterans Affairs provides benefits to surviving military spouses to help them rebuild their lives. Here is what is available in 2026.Tricare Pharmacy Copays Changed in 2026. Here’s What You’re Paying Now and How to Pay Less. April 6, 2026Changes affecting Tricare home delivery and retail pharmacy copays took effect Jan. 1. Here is what you’re paying now, what changed, and how to keep your costs as low as possible.As VA Looks Ahead to Dementia Needs, Study Finds Immune Cells Attack Alzheimer’s Plaques in Brain March 15, 2026Engineered immune cells targeted and reduced the toxic protein plaques that drive Alzheimer’s disease in a recent study. Alzheimer's and related dementias represent a growing crisis within the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system.VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance March 11, 2026For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1 drugs are not yet an approved addiction treatment. But the evidence base is growing, and it is coming from the VA.Federal Lawsuit Challenges VA’s New Rule on Medication-Based Disability Ratings February 26, 2026A federal lawsuit is challenging a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires disability ratings to reflect how well veterans function on medication rather than the severity of their underlying condition.
