What Veterans and family members should know

IRS Form 1095-B is a tax form that shows you had health coverage during the year. VA provides this form to Veterans and family members who are enrolled in certain VA health care programs.

Due to changes in the Affordable Care Act, the IRS no longer requires Form 1095-B for federal tax filing. Because of this change, VA will no longer automatically mail the form. However, you may still need it for state taxes or to keep for your records.

This change does not affect your VA health care coverage or benefits. It only changes how you receive the form.

Veterans

Starting Jan. 31, 2026, you can access your IRS Form 1095-B electronically through your VA.gov account. Accessing the form online is the fastest way to get a copy.

If you prefer a paper copy, you can request one after Jan. 31, 2026, by calling 877-222-VETS (8387), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.

Download your form online. 

Family members

If you are enrolled in one of the programs listed below and need a copy of IRS Form 1095-B, you can request one by phone:

  • The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA): 800-733-8387 (TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET
  • The Spina Bifida Health Care Benefits Program, or the Children of Women Vietnam Veterans (CWVV) Health Care Benefits Program: 833-930-0816, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET

Learn more about how to get your IRS 1095-B tax form.

VA will release capability for family members to access IRS Form 1095-B electronically through a VA.gov account by January 2027.  

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2 Comments

  1. Michael H Fick January 22, 2026 at 20:56 - Reply

    BULL! I have fought the VA, DFAS, MyHealtheVet, and every other government agency for decades to gain access to MY medical and tax records. Well over a hundred calls, emails, website messages, surveys, hand-carried letters, and face-to-face discussions have produced only ONE response, from ONE person: “We’re sorry for the inconvenience.”

    I’ll skip a dozen dense pages of documentation and close with this: I am a 100% disabled 20-year active duty veteran in the VA system since 1988. I gave up on the VA more than 20 years ago, and am beginning to forward my complaints to the White House (under the heading, “DOGE the VA”) with cc to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who heads the most criminally, medically, willfully, corrupt agency since I was born during WWII.

    • M James January 29, 2026 at 13:50 - Reply

      VA.gov MyHealteVet create an account with login.gov. you can download important service documents and medical documents. Make sure you have a printer set up if you want to print these forms. Another option: you should be able to go to a VA medical facility nearby to sign a release for for medical records. Our VA medical center has a desk set up by the pharmacy to do this, the clipboards are laying around for you to fill out. Take a screen shot with your phone of the papers you sign so you have an accessible copy/evidence. If this doesn’t work contact your Congressional representative or Senator

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