VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The government shutdown isn’t just causing a strain on military families, but also to those who give them healthcare.
One Virginia Beach business told 10 On Your Side they are feeling the impacts of the ongoing shutdown because they say TRICARE isn’t paying up.
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Speech at The Beach owner Ashley Causey said about 40% of their clientele use Tricare to pay. But she said they stopped receiving payments from the military insurance carrier around the time the government shutdown, without any warning.
“I was personally confused,” Causey said. “Like, is this happening to anyone else? Because I wasn’t hearing or seeing anything about it.”…