{"id":47328,"date":"2020-04-16T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/16\/should-gi-bill-benefits-be-extended-to-civilian-medical-workers-fighting-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:15:29","slug":"should-gi-bill-benefits-be-extended-to-civilian-medical-workers-fighting-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/education-transition\/2020\/04\/16\/should-gi-bill-benefits-be-extended-to-civilian-medical-workers-fighting-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Should GI Bill benefits be extended to civilian medical workers fighting coronavirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials are considering extending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2020\/03\/09\/va-suspends-certifications-for-five-universities-over-deceptive-enrollment-practices\/\" target=_blank>military\u2019s GI Bill benefits <\/a>to front-line civilian health care workers responding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, according to a conservative radio host with ties to the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/04\/15\/give-these-heroes-scrubs-gi-bill-now\/\" target=_blank>In an op-ed in the Washington Post<\/a> Wednesday evening, political analyst Hugh Hewitt said extending veterans education benefits to hospital staffers and other medical personnel facing extreme working conditions is \u201con the president\u2019s mind.\u201d He predicted the move would be widely popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are tens of thousands of Americans at work in the virus \u2018hot zones\u2019 who are risking themselves and their families every day for the common good,\u201d Hewitt wrote. \u201cWe should clap them to and from work when we can, but we should also create for them a concrete set of economic thank-yous for those seeing us through the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/03\/17\/emergency-fix-for-gi-bill-payouts-at-colleges-shuttered-by-coronavirus-advances-but-final-passage-uncertain\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5246333.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Emergency fix for GI Bill payouts at colleges shuttered by coronavirus advances, but final passage uncertain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">House lawmakers aren&#039;t sure when the measure could get a vote in their chamber.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GI Bill has been a key military recruitment program for the last seven decades, especially since the program was massively overhauled in 2009 to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2019\/07\/20\/gi-bill-benefits-guide\/\" target=_blank>more generous benefits<\/a> to veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under current Post-9\/11 GI Bill rules, troops who serve at least three years on active-duty can receive 36 months of tuition payouts equal to the most expensive state-run university in their home states, plus a monthly living allowance and a book stipend for each semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total value of the package can run well above $100,000, depending on where veterans attend school. Individuals who serve at least 90 days on active duty can receive a portion of that payout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, troops who agree to serve at least 10 years in the military can transfer those education payouts to a spouse or dependents. Defense Department officials have fought easing of those transfer rules in the past, arguing that the tuition payouts should be closely protected as a military recruiting and retention tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly one million individuals received some type of education benefits from the VA this school year. 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