Formerly CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services
Editor’s Note: TRICARE has an excellent website with many helpful links and a thorough explanation of benefits, providers, etc. To access the TRICARE website go to: http://www.tricare.org/ .
TRICARE is evolving to an online service also. Go to TRICARE Online (the link is on the website above). If you are TRICARE eligible you may choose to enroll and use their online service.
Eligibility:
· Spouse and unmarried (minor) children of active duty members.
· Retirees, their spouses and unmarried children (minor).
· Unmarried spouses and unmarried children of active duty or retired service members who have died.
· Unmarried former spouses (divorced or with the marriage annulled), without employer sponsored health plan coverage, who were divorced on or after
February 1, 1983, after 20 years of marriage to service member who was on active duty during those twenty years.
· Unmarried children covered to age 21 or 23 if in school. There may be additional provisions for incapacitated children.
NOTE: Coverage ends at age 65 (unless an individual enrolls in TRICARE for Life, see below), and then Medicare is used. However, if you are under 65 and on Medicare, TRICARE, becomes a secondary payer of healthcare costs.
Individuals under the age of 65 should check at the nearest military facility with the TRICARE Coordinator or call the numbers provided below for updates on TRICARE.
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