Senate Bill Would Let Surviving Military Spouses Keep Benefits After Remarriage

Surviving spouses would no longer lose certain VA survivor benefits just for remarrying.

People could remarry without risking the loss of key monthly VA survivor payments covered by this bill.

Defense Department would stop terminating SBP annuity payments for surviving spouses of active-duty deaths solely due to remarriage.

Surviving spouses could keep receiving SBP monthly income even if they remarry.

SBP annuity payments would restart for some surviving spouses who remarried before age 55 before the law took effect.

Some households would see SBP income return after it was previously cut off due to remarriage.

TRICARE eligibility would expand to include remarried widows/widowers whose later marriage ended.

Some people could re-join military health coverage and may pay less out of pocket than with private insurance.