Thank you. I reread the article and saw that she is 41.
There is this line that requires more information about the type of discharge her husband received and whether or not it was an actually retirement: “She had been led to believe her health care expired on Jan. 30, six months after her husband’s injuries discharged him from service.”
this is definitely a news article that needs more information than is provided.
From further down the article and the ID card with expiration date was shown in the news video:
“Patricia says it wasn’t until later she saw the expiration date in fine print on her military I.D. card, that said January 26, 2015. She admits she should have noticed it, but even more importantly, the staff at Madigan should have.”
the surgery was scheduled for Jan. 30.