Petition updateEqual TRICARE Access for Puerto Rico Military Retirees and FamiliesTake a minute to reach out to your congressional representatives.
charles o crespoDover, DE, United States
Jun 30, 2026
Dear Representative [Last Name], My name is [Your Name], and I am a constituent from [City, State]. I am writing to respectfully ask you to support and consider cosponsoring H.R. 2632, the TRICARE Equality Act, introduced by Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández. This bill seeks to improve the administration of TRICARE in Puerto Rico and address real healthcare access problems affecting military retirees, veterans, spouses, children, and dependents on the island. Many veterans in Puerto Rico may receive care through the VA, but their families often depend on TRICARE. When TRICARE access does not work properly, spouses, children, and dependents can face serious challenges finding providers, getting appointments, dealing with billing issues, paying up front, waiting for reimbursement, or traveling for specialty care. This is not just a Puerto Rico issue. It is a federal military healthcare issue. Military retirees and their families served under the same flag, followed the same orders, endured the same deployments and separations, and earned the same benefits as those living in the states. A healthcare benefit should not work only on paper. It should work in real life. Puerto Rico does not have a voting representative in Congress, which makes support from voting members especially important. Your voice can help ensure that military families in Puerto Rico are not overlooked because of geography. I respectfully ask you to: 1. Support H.R. 2632, the TRICARE Equality Act. 2. Consider cosponsoring the bill. 3. Encourage the House Armed Services Committee to review and advance this issue. 4. Support efforts that improve TRICARE access, provider availability, specialty care, travel benefits, and claims processing for military families in Puerto Rico. This issue affects real families who earned these benefits through service and sacrifice. Please help ensure that TRICARE works for Puerto Rico military retirees and families in practice, not just in policy. Thank you for your time and for your support of veterans, military retirees, and their families. Respectfully, [Your Full Name] [City, State] [Optional: Veteran / Military Spouse / Supporter / Constituent]
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