Before military health care reforms went into effect in 2018, beneficiaries could switch from Tricare Prime to Tricare Standard (now Tricare Select) at any time during the year, but they couldn ...

TRICARE Open Season is from Nov. 12 through Dec. 10, 2018. This is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select plan. Here is an overview of both plans ...

NOTE: This article applies to Tricare Select beneficiaries only. Tricare Prime, which is a managed care option, gets very expensive if you go to out-of-network providers.

There is no annual deductible for Tricare Prime. Tricare Select: Active duty family members in Group A, grades E-4 and below, pay $50 per individual and $100 per family (no change).

"Working age" military retirees -- those under age 65 -- who use Tricare Select for their health care will start paying enrollment fees beginning next year, Defense Department officials announced ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – TRICARE Open Season is here. Now through Dec. 12, most people enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select can make enrollment changes for next year.

Tricare Prime Remote: Service members who live and work more than 50 miles or an hour’s drive from the nearest military treatment facility must enroll in Tricare Prime Remote.

TRICARE-enrolled members and their dependents can choose between a closed-network HMO model (TRICARE Prime) or TRICARE Select, a preferred provider organization (PPO).

Additionally, the Defense Department will implement a new plan in the form of TRICARE Select, which will replace the Standard and Extra programs. All current enrollees in Standard and Extra will ...

Before the changes were implemented, enrollees could opt out of the Tricare Prime plan and switch to the Tricare Select plan, but could not switch back to Prime for 12 months, Grady said.

The nonprofit organization was awarded a contract in 2024 to run a three-year demonstration project to provide Tricare Prime, the Defense Department's managed care-style health program, to more ...

Tricare Young Adult Prime for those between ages 21 and 26 will cost $637 per month starting in January, compared with the current $570 a month. The premium has skyrocketed by more than 250% since ...