It is true that dieting causes limited long-term weight loss in most people, but the book exaggerates how ineffective it is.The book instead recommends people reframe their relationship with food and their body, eating intuitively and approaching health from a weight-neutral perspective. More information on the Healthcare For Our Troops Act can be found on Baldwin’s website.50 How hard would it be to apply the book's advice? Very easyĪnti-Diet, by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, argues that dieting doesn’t lead to long-term weight loss, and in any case losing weight doesn’t improve health. “We’ve done a lot of work over the years to make sure people understand your health is more important than anything else.” “Even if it costs us more money, and increased our readiness posture, to me that’s money well spent,” Dionne said. The Congressional Budget Office hasn’t estimated the bill’s cost. That’s a reason why the National Guard Bureau sends money to fund physicals and other care. Dionne said the federal government currently pays $162 million per year for such physicals, but civilian providers could do the same at no cost to the Department of Defense.Īnother challenge during a deployment, Dionne said, is 200 soldiers could show up to a mobilization station with only three doctors because there aren’t enough providers in some states. “There’d be no reason for them not to get normal, routine medical care,” Dionne said.Īdditionally, the proposed law means a civilian health care provider can indicate a soldier or airman’s medical readiness classification and fitness for deployment. Soldiers could have better health since a primary care physician considers a patient’s particular medical history and health needs. The new law would also encourage preventive care, such as annual checkups with a soldier’s primary care physician. “You’d have guaranteed coverage as long as you were in,” he said. Reservists and guardsmen wouldn’t have to change insurance as often, if ever. The bipartisan bill would eliminate certain health care charges for members of the selected reserve and their immediate families, regardless of their duty status. The House of Representatives also is considering a version of the Healthcare for our Troops Act. That’s why he’s cautiously optimistic about this bill, which he said contains ideas that have been proposed before. “Anything to put more money in the soldier’s pocket is going to be helpful,” Dehn said. He said the costs of health insurance and medical care influence the daily life of a reservist or guardsman, especially with inflation increasing the costs of food and gas. He’s now a dual-status technician who has federal employee health benefits. Josh Dehn, an automotive maintenance warrant officer with the Missouri Army National Guard , had TRICARE Reserve Select before he got married. “We think that roughly 18% of the reserve component service members across all the services are without health insurance.” “If we had this, we could prevent things like from happening because they would be seeking the preventative care they don’t want to pay out-of-pocket for right now,” Dionne said.
Normally, only active-duty soldiers or those on federal orders more than 30 days avoid TRICARE premiums. Susan Collins, of Maine, and Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, would eliminate the premiums of TRICARE Reserve Select. However, if passed, the Healthcare for our Troops Act, could lower health care costs for 130,000 reservists and guardsmen who don’t have private health insurance.
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