VA health care and other insurance 
If you have other forms of health care coverage like a private insurance plan, Medicare, Medicaid, or TRICARE , you can use VA health care benefits along with these plans. Learn more about how VA works with other health insurance. 

Why does VA require me to provide information on my health insurance coverage (including coverage under a spouse s plan)? 
We ask for this information because we have to bill your private health insurance provider for any care, supplies, or medicine we provide to treat your non - service - connected conditions illnesses or injuries that aren t related to your military service. We don t bill Medicare or Medicaid , but we may bill Medicare supplemental health insurance for covered services. 

What if my health insurance provider doesn t cover all the non-service-connected care that VA bills them for? 
You won t have to pay any unpaid balance not covered by your health insurance provider. But , depending on your assigned priority group , you may have a copay for non - service - connected care. Learn more about eligibility priority groups 

Does it help me in any way to give VA my health insurance information? 
Yes. Giving us your health insurance information helps you because : When your private health insurance provider pays us for your non - service - connected care , we may be able to use the funds to offset part or all of your VA copayment. Your private insurer may apply your VA health care charges toward your annual deductible the amount of money you pay toward your care each year before your insurance starts paying for care. 

Does my current health insurance status affect whether I can get VA health care benefits? 
No. Whether or not you have health insurance coverage doesn t affect the VA health care benefits you can get. 

If I m signed up for the VA health care program, does that mean I meet the requirements to have health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? 
Yes. Being signed up for VA 

user: Hello there. I'm in need of information about veterans health care and other insurance, please.

assistant: Do you have any of the following forms of health care: private insurance plan, medicare, medicaid or Tricare?

user: no, i don't have any of those.

user: Do you ask for information about health insurance in case the person have one?

assistant: Well, yeah. We ask for this information because we have to bill your private health insurance provider for any care, supplies or medicine we provide to treat you .

user: Um, it makes sense. In other topic, could you tell me about how VA health care works with Medicare and other insurance?.

assistant: Well, before that, you must be aware that your actions go totally on your part in this matter. You can save money by dropping your current private plan, but there could be risks involved.

user: Is there some benefit from giving out my information to you?

assistant: Certainly, there are. We have many features which are available by receiving your information.

user: Look, i'm curious about how your plan works with others so, how about if i have medicare coverage and  i cancel it?

assistant: Well you cna get that back until January of the next year.