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BULLSEYE                                                                             Health and Wellness                         15September 4, 2015

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                                          authorization, your care may not be        up care that you need because of ser-
Q.  I’m an active duty service member;    paid for by the Government. Depend-        vices you received when using your
     can I use other health insurance?    ing on the service regulations, it may     other health insurance.
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A.   The Department of Defense            actions or both, which may affect          you should check to see if your other
     (DOD) is solely responsible for      your continued fitness for duty or         health insurance will accept the re-
     the cost of care provided to ac-     disability determinations.                 sponsibility as the primary payer if
     tive duty service members. If you                                               you get care that’s not covered by the
     have other health insurance, the     Below are some things you may want         DOD. If your other health insurance
     DOD is still the primary payer       to think about when deciding to use        won’t accept responsibility, you may
     (double coverage rules don’t ap-     other health insurance:                    be responsible for the cost of the ser-
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you must get all your medical care        care that:                                 tion.
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