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

22 July 2024

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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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Washington DC Tricare Options: Prime, Select, or Johns Hopkins USFHP?

6 February 2024

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This entire article is for military family members living in the greater metropolitan Washington, DC area. Live somewhere else? Check out this article. For a similar conversation for retirees, see this article. One of your first questions with any military move is: Which healthcare coverage should I choose? Or maybe you’ve lived somewhere for a… | Read More…

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Retired Military Dental Options

19 October 2023

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What are your retired military dental coverage options? While an active duty service member, you’ve been covered under the Active Duty Dental Program. And family members of active duty service members have one Department of Defense choice: the Tricare Dental Program. But when the service member retires, both the retiree and the family have a… | Read More…

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Legal Documents for Young Adults: What You Need To Have

10 August 2022

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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…

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How To Add A New Baby to DEERS and TRICARE

23 June 2022

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Having a new baby is a busy and fun time! While you’re busy adjusting to your new life, it’s important to be sure that you get your new baby into the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS.) DEERS is the first (or sometimes only) step to enroll the new baby In TRICARE. So, how do… | Read More…

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Tricare Now Offering Teleheath Services, Including Mental Health

13 February 2021

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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…

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Kate Rants: Why Can’t Tricare Keep Their Provider Lists Up To Date?

11 September 2019

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Last year, my daughter was looking for a new specialist. She’s away at college, and learning how to do all sorts of things for herself. She found a provider, and went to the Humana website to see if the provider was in-network. The first time she looked, the provider was on Humana list. So she… | Read More…

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Hi! I'm Kate! Accredited Financial Counselor®, Chartered Financial Consultant®, and Military Qualified Financial Planner®. I'm also the spouse of a retired sailor and mom of four young adults.

Here at the blog, I talk about the financial issues that affect military families - pay, allowances, and benefits. Plus college stuff, landlording, moving, taxes. We cover a little bit of everything.

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