IFPTE Urges Congress to Make HSA’s Available to Our Nation’s Veterans

Led by SPEEA NW Area Vice President/SPEEA & IFPTE Veterans Committee member, Jeff Forbes, IFPTE sent a letter this week to Washington State Congressman, Rick Larsen, asking that he lead an effort in the United States Congress to fix a loophole in the law that prevents Veterans that use their earned Tricare benefit from participating in Health Savings Accounts (HSA) programs.

The letter, which was signed by Brother Forbes along with IFPTE’s executive officers, pointed out that, “Many Americans enjoy the benefits of having an HSA account, but for Military retirees/Veterans to enjoy this benefit they must forfeit their Tricare benefit,” while asking the Congressman to help, “in removing this exclusionary language from the HSA Program by being the primary sponsor and author of a bipartisan bill to not only correct this, but one that could also make its way through the legislative process and eventually be signed into law.” 

Read IFPTE’s full letter.