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The Army says former private Chelsea Manning will lose her military healthcare benefits following President Obama’s commutation of her prison sentence.“If Pvt. Manning is discharged with a dishonorable discharge, she will lose her entitlement to [military] benefits, including gender-transition care at [military] medical treatment facilities,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told USA Today Wednesday.Smith said Manning’s dishonorable discharge was included in the terms of the 35-year prison sentence imposed on her in 2013....http://thehill.com/policy/defense/army/314998-army-manning-to-lose-transgender-benefits