If you have received the Purple Heart...?

Does the recipient receive free medical care for the rest of his or her life? Does this include their dependents as well?

If you have received the Purple Heart...?
The last answer summed it up pretty much, and the only injuries that would receive continual coverage are the service related injuries. They won't extend coverage to anything new unless you can prove it to be a result of the initial injury. There are scholarships that extend to dependants of Purple Heart recipients through the Military Order of the Purple Heart, www.purpleheart.org.
Reply:A new public law passed late last year by Congress, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, extended new benefits to Purple Heart recipients. Purple Heart veterans have been placed in a higher- priority category for VA healthcare services and no longer need to make co-payments for inpatient or outpatient VA medical services. The change affects the seven-step priority system that Congress established for VA health care. Under the new system, the minimum classification for Purple Heart veterans is now priority group 3. Before the change, Purple Heart recipients often were placed in priority groups 4 through 7, Those who qualified for priority groups 1 or 2 because of service-connected disabilities will remain in those groups





Veterans Affairs health care priority categories include:





Group 1: veterans assigned a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or greater.





Group 2: veterans assigned a service-connected disability rating of 30 or 40 percent.





Group 3: veterans who are Purple Heart recipients or former prisoners of war; or who have 10 or 20 percent service-connected disability; or who were discharged from active duty because of a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; or who were awarded special eligibility under 38 U.S. Code, Section 1151, "Benefits for individuals disabled by VA treatment or vocational rehabilitation."





Group 4: veterans receiving aid in attendance or housebound pension benefits, or who've been determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled.





Group 5: veterans with no service-connected disabilities and those with service-connected disabilities rated zero percent, and noncompensated veterans whose income and net worth are below the established dollar threshold (about $27,000).





Group 6: World War I and Mexican border war veterans; veterans receiving care in relation to exposure to toxic substances such as Agent Orange and radiation; or compensated zero percent, service connected veterans.





Group 7: nonservice-connected veterans and zero percent nonservice-connected vets whose income and net worth are above the established dollar threshold and who agree to make specified co-payments.





Purple Heart recipients will also save money under the new policy. Veterans making over $27,000 per year typically have to make a co-payment, currently $50.80 per each outpatient visit. Purple Heart recipients ar no longer make those co-payments, regardless of income.Purple Heart recipients are still required to pay $2 for each 30-day supply of prescription medication provided to outpatients for conditions not related to military service.





Possession of the Purple Heart medal doesn't by itself qualify veterans for VA disability compensation. Veterans need to be screened by a VA process for that. Purple Heart recipients claiming VA health benefits must prove they have been awarded the decoration. Veterans Affairs will accept the Defense Department Form 214, discharge papers, military personnel records, orders or award certificates.





This does not extend to dependents.





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Reply:You are a 30 point veteran if you receive a Purple Heart. So throught the VA you would receive 'free' care. I don't think that applies to dependents, though....
Reply:Please try a Yahoo Search: Purple Heart medical care





for accurate information. Good luck.
Reply:First the best place to get this answered is to call the Veterans Administration. But I do not think that is the case (insurance). The Purple Heart is usually given for being injured in the line of duty. In order for a person to receive medical they would need to be found disabled by the Service Branch they are in. My Uncle received the Purple Heart in Korea, but did not get insurance. My dad had a disability rating from WWII, but did not get insurance.
Reply:the only time dependents get military benefits after the member is seperated is if they are retired.......also there are some perks for the dependents of medal of honor winners. IF an individual with a purple heart qualifies for VA benefits then they are in categorys 1-3 (out of 7) priority wise,which means they have better access to care than some other veterans......the only thing they have to pay is $2 per 30 day supply of medication





www.va.gov has the benefits drawn up for them
Reply:you get free drinks at weddings, have you seen wedding crashers?














that was a joke btw.








There are a lot of benefits, esp if you got the purple heart because of severe injury