Tricare

caliotter3 · Jan 12, 2009

I am a retired military member who has Tricare. It is the next best thing to sliced bread. Very easy to sign up for and very cheap (at least for me). You can go to their website and find all the info you need. You have to sign up in the part of the country where you live. You can do the application online if you wish. I downloaded the paperwork and made copies after I did it by hand. Very, very easy. They have several options for payment. As for care, I've had no problems. The people you talk to if you have to call customer service are on the ball and very courteous and helpful. Dental is separate. They offer one of the Delta plans, but it may be for retirees only, not sure about that. You can find a primary care provider online and put their name down on your membership application. Recommend you go to their website for answers to your questions.

Cherry2000 · Jan 12, 2009

My husband is in the Guard and right now he has been activated so we have Tricare. I can't help you with the costs because it all automatically comes out of his pay. But I have no copay for dr visits and my copays for prescriptions are pretty low too. For dental we have United Concordia. No cost for cleanings and I think it has a 20% copay for pretty much everything else. Ex. I went to the dentist (hadn't been in a long time) had a cleaning, full x-rays, 2 fillings with novocaine, etc and it cost about $45. Not bad at all. The only other thing you need to look into is does anyone around you participate? Thankfully our dr office did, but we had to do a little looking around for a dentist. Good Luck!

just_cause, BSN, RN · Jan 12, 2009

Here is some info for the OP, go here for a faq and tricare info...v/r

http://www.mytricare.com/Internet/tric/tri/tricare.nsf/PGS/SystmPgs_Prgrms_13