Nearly 13K Tricare users enrolled in the USFHP in the northeast U.S. were mailed ID cards without beneficiary names.

Q. Why doesn't Tricare have insurance cards?It would be far simpler than showing a military ID card to hospitals and providers, many of whom have no idea what Tricare is.

As far as renewing your ID card: A few years ago the Defense Department launched a new system called Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System, or RAPIDS, an online self-service portal ...

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.

Retired Marine Paul King called the transition a "fiasco," citing problems with TriWest's website and the inability to get through to a customer service representative.

Am I supposed to have a Tricare card, too? A. There is no official Tricare card for use in situations such as you describe. Technically, your DoD retired military ID card is all you need.

If you need a veterans identification card, there are three ways to go about getting one.

If a Soldier is denied something because they don't have their ID card, Coulson says they really have no complaint. Coulson stresses that a military uniform does not substitute for a military ID card.

The military will fix its new dependent identification cards to remove the relationship designation “stepchild,” the Pentagon said July 16, 2021, after military families and advocates complained.

Nearly 13,000 Tricare users were mailed new insurance ID cards incorrectly printed without beneficiary names.

One beneficiary told Military Times that TriWest had mistakenly enrolled them in Tricare Retired Reserve instead of their current Tricare Reserve Select, which increased their monthly premiums by ...

New Tricare contracts have begun, with a new contractor in the West Region, where some are having difficulty providing information to the new contractor. (Staff Sgt. Latonya Kim/U.S. Space Force ...