10 USC § 1086b - Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense

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title: "10 USC § 1086b - Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1086b"
section_name: "Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII, § 731(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1169.)"
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# § 1086b. Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense

The Secretary of Defense may not take any action that would require, or have the effect of requiring, a member or former member of the armed forces who is entitled to retired or retainer pay to enroll to receive health care from the Federal Government only through the Department of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII, § 731(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1169.)