Lest we forget (and I was a Reservist) the purpose of this program was to help the soldiers (not hurt them).
Transitioning to military service can be difficult if you have a family that is reliant on your health care coverage and other benefits while you are deployed.
It seems like the intent was to help out the soldiers by allowing a continuation of their existing benefits while they were deployed.
This article is kind of unclear on when and how they were supposed to repay the moneys but it is obvious the intent was to be helpful.
The 200,000 might have something to do with not having to pay taxes if you were deployed long enough.
I will file this one under "not enough information" before I get upset or angry about it.
This Andy Newman, the guy that wrote this piece should be forced to pay his salary back to the Slimes and find another line of work. He definitely can't write or investigate.