Once again, Congress and the White House acted to stave off a planned cut in the rates paid to health-care providers for services to TRICARE and Medicare patients. The latest action, H.R. 3962, delays the 21-percent cuts until Nov. 30. In the meantime, the Fleet Reserve Association reports, a bill to address the cuts – plus other issues, such as concurrent receipt of both military and veterans’ disability compensation for severely disabled retirees – is still pending in Congress.