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In Colorado Springs, health benefits secured and on display

A nasty back and forth erupted in the last hours before the health care reform bill passed last week over whether the bill would cut TRICARE health benefits for veterans. On the ground in Colorado, the mental health benefits of TRICARE coverage are literally on display from now through June at the Colorado springs Fine Arts Center, the product of an 11-week course called “Military Creative Expressions” for Wounded Warriors-- military personnel suffering a variety of physical and mental wounds, including post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.