The veterans supplement was introduced on 20 September 2009 as part of the Government's Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform package. It is a fortnightly payment that replaces [glossary:pharmaceutical allowance:34] and/or [glossary:telephone allowance:579] for compensation recipients who are not in receipt of an [glossary:income support supplement:118]. There are two rates, the veterans supplement low rate and the veterans supplement high rate. The low rate replaces one of the allowances and the high rate replaces both. The low rate is indexed every January to the [glossary:Consumer Price Index:622] (CPI). The high rate is always twice the amount of the low rate.