TRICARE is a health care program for military personnel and their families. This was formerly known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, (CHAMPUS). It also includes some members of the military reserve. At first, all military and families obtained their health care from military facilities. However, after WW2 and the Korean War, military facilities could not provide adequate care to the growing number of covered individuals and their families." In 1966, CHAMPUS was created allowing members to receive care from civilian facilities" (1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org (Links to an external site.).) But it wasn 't until 1994 that TRICARE was created as a comprehensive solution to providing …show more content…
TRICARE requires that you be registered in the " Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, (DEERS). (2 https://www.tricare.mil/DEERS.org (Links to an external …show more content…
The TRICARE Standard option is available to retirees and families, and reservists and families. It is not available to active military personnel. The beneficiaries do not pay premiums. They do, however, pay a co-pay and a an annual deductible that has a maximum out of pocket provision which limits is the most anyone would have to pay the co-pay is from $50-$150 depending on rank and deductibles are from $1000 to $3000. More importantly, members can use any health care provider. TRICARE Extra differs from standard because members participate in a PREFERRED