Medicare-eligible military beneficiaries should view their new Tricare benefit as government-paid Medigap insurance, not as an opportunity to enroll in Tricare Prime, the managed-care plan open to ...

Once that's squared away, how you access your Tricare benefits will depend on which Tricare plan you intend to use. Your husband, as an active-duty Marine, must use Tricare Prime, the military's ...

When a beneficiary has double coverage, as you do, the other health insurance pays its benefits in full as the first payer. After that, Tricare will kick in as second payer and cover what is left ...

TRICARE Prime is the most affordable plan with the least out of pocket expenses. However, your student will need to be enrolled to a primary care manager and receive treatment from them or have ...

This article by Karen Jowers originally appeared on Military Times, the nation's largest independent newsroom dedicated to covering the military and veteran community. A new contractor ...

Once a retired reserve/guard member reaches age 65 and becomes eligible for Medicare, they are eligible for Tricare for Life.Tricare for Life is basically the Tricare plan you already have (prime ...

TRICARE beneficiaries should make sure they have their Social Security number (SSN) committed to memory. It won't be found on new Department of Defense (DoD) ID cards. As of June 1, 2011, SSNs are ...

Most of these 171,400 beneficiaries will need to shift health coverage from Prime to TRICARE Standard, the military’s fee-for-service health insurance option.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2011 -- To ensure military families don't get left out as the new national health care reform law extends parent's health insurance to their children up to age 26, TRICARE ...