As the nation continues to debate how to provide affordable healthcare to all Americans, the Pentagon is quietly moving forward with overhauling the U.S. military’s mammoth health system that oversees the care of nearly 10 million active-duty service members, their families and veterans.

On Tuesday, the federal Defense Health Agency, one of the nation’s largest healthcare institutions that provides medical benefits and services to Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel, moved forward with the second phase of the multi-stage restructuring and consolidation of the Military Health System formerly known as TRICARE.          MORE