Wounded billed for hospital food

St. Petersburg Times ^ | September 11, 2003 | By BILL ADAIR, Times Staff Writer

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[CSM]

I thought they would just cancel the stipend for rations. While I was in the Army I was single so I lived in the barracks. Therefore, I did not receive that stipend, while the married soldiers living off base were given the stipend. When I was stationed in Belgium I did receive the stipend then would have to pay to eat in the mess hall. (A unique situation on this base only.) When a married soldier is in the field or in combat for an extended period of time their stipend is cancelled, they are getting their food provided to them.

[Living Free in NH]

It's true. Military personnel receive an allowance for rations which is computed at a daily rate. When they're hospitalized, they're required to reimburse the amount that's equal to the length of their admission in the hopsital.

The part that I don't understand is that while deployed to the field, their allowance for rations should've been suspended already because they were being fed those wonderful MREs.

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