13 Facts About Tricare

Tricare is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System.

Tricare provides civilian health benefits for USArmed Forces military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents, including some members of the Reserve Component.

Tricare is the civilian care component of the Military Health System, although historically it included health care delivered in military medical treatment facilities.

On that date, TMA was disestablished and Tricare responsibility was transferred to the newly established DHA.

Under this program, known as Tricare, the United States was divided into 12 health care regions.

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Under Tricare, seven managed care support contracts were awarded covering DOD's 12 health care regions.

Tricare Select provides a similar benefit to the original CHAMPUS program and is available to retirees from the Active Component, retirees from the Reserve Component age 60 or older, and their eligible family members.

Tricare Select is available to Reservist and their family under the Tricare Reserve Select Component.

Tricare Prime is a health maintenance organization style plan available to active duty personnel, retirees from the Active Component, retirees from the Reserve Component age 60 or older, and their eligible family members.

Tricare Young Adult is a premium-based health care plan available for purchase by qualified dependents who have aged out of Tricare at age 21, or age 23 for full-time college students.

The benefit was enacted by Congress in response to growing complaints from beneficiaries that as Medicare out of pocket costs increased a benefit was needed to pay these costs in lieu of Tricare retirees being required to purchase Medicare Supplemental Coverage to pay for prescriptions, physician and hospital dispensed drugs, cost shares and deductibles.

The policy limitations applying to Tricare apply to TFL and must therefore be deemed medically necessary and skilled care.

Ultimate responsible organization for administration of Tricare is the US Department of Defense Military Health System, which organized the Tricare Management Activity.