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Everything About Tricare Young Adult


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One of the trickiest parts of having young adult children is making sure that they have access to health insurance. While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandated that insurance companies extend children’s coverage to age 26, that mandate doesn’t apply to Tricare because technically Tricare isn’t insurance. And federal law prohibits kids from remaining on… | Read More…

Tricare Now Offering Teleheath Services, Including Mental Health


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Tricare beneficiaries, rejoice! Tricare, through their contractors Humana and Health Net Federal Services, are now offering telehealth through two different services, Dr+ on Demand and Telemynd . I am so excited about this, I can’t even explain. Finding health care can be challenging enough under the best of circumstances, and the current pandemic is far… | Read More…

Deployment and Medical Expenses – Should You Bunch Your Medical Spending?


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It’s December, and that means endless commercials reminding people to use their flexible spending account dollars before the end of the year.  The Department of Defense, unfortunately, still hasn’t implemented the flexible spending account that they were directed to create in the 2010 Defense Authorization Bill. If we don’t have flexible spending accounts, why should… | Read More…

Retirees on Tricare Select: Set Up Your Payment Plans for 2021


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Hey, my retiree friends, go set up your Tricare Select enrollment fee payment plans now. Right now. Seriously. Starting in 2021, retirees under age 65 who are using Tricare Select and are in Group A (the sponsor entered the military before 1 January 2018) will be required to pay an enrollment fee in the amount… | Read More…

Vision Insurance for Military Families (Including Retired) and My Plan That Beats FEDVIP on Price and Coverage


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If you wear glasses or contacts, or have kids in glasses and contacts, you may be wondering whether vision insurance is a good choice for you. Depending on your options for coverage and how many people will use the benefit, insurance may save you a few or a few hundred dollars each year. Tricare Vision… | Read More…

Everything About Tricare Costs and Fees 2021


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Tricare can be more confusing than you’d think, especially if you’re used to being treated at Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF) and you start seeing civilian providers. And it doesn’t help that the civilian providers often don’t know what’s going on, and sometimes the contractors (Humana in the East, Health Net Federal Services in the West)… | Read More…

Tricare Open Season: How To Pick The Right Tricare For Your Family


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It’s that time of year again: OPEN SEASON. This year’s Tricare Open Season runs from Monday, 9 November 2020 (that’s Monday!) through Monday, 14 December 2020. Be sure to select what Tricare plan you want to use for 2021 during the open season, or you’re stuck with what you had in 2020 unless you have… | Read More…

How To Pick A Military Retiree Dental Plan


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It’s been a few years since military retiree dental switched to the Benefeds/FedVIP program, and people are gradually starting to get used to having to pick a plan. But that doesn’t make it any easier! With so many options, how do you choose? Do you want to go with a program through the Benefeds/FEDVIP program?… | Read More…

Legal Documents for Young Adults: What You Need To Have


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It’s that time of year! Young adults all over the country are moving on to the next step of their lives. It might be a job, or it might be college. We moved one two weeks ago, I have one moving next week, and another one moving in about a month. This is a good… | Read More…

Active Duty Family Tricare Options: Prime, Select, Or US Family Health Plan?


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This entire article is for Active Duty family members. For a similar conversation for retirees, see this article. Military families are blessed to have two (or three) different health plans from which to pick. If you’re not familiar with the ins and outs of each plan, it can be hard to pick. Which health care… | Read More…

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