Tricare Benefits
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- What is Tricare Prime?
- Managed care option, similar to a civilian HMO.
- Active duty member are required to be inrolled in?
- Tricare Prime
- How far away does the MTF have to be for the members to qualify for Tricare Remote.
- 50 miles or an hour's drive.
- In which three Overseas areas is Tricare Prime offered?
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Europe
Pacific
Latin America/Canada - Who can use Tricare Extra?
- Eligible beneficiary, who is not active duty otherwise inrolled in Prime and not eligible for Tricare for Life.
- When does Tricare Extra go into effect?
- When a Standard beneficiary chooses to make an appointment with a tricare network provider.
- What is Tricare Standard?
- The basic TRICARE health programoffering comprehensive health care coverage for people not enrolled in Prime.
- Standard offers?
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The greatest flexibility in choosing a provider.
Involves greater out of pocket expense for the patient. - Standard member are required to pay for?
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A yearly deductible
Co-payments
Medications
Outpatient care
Inpatient care - What is Tricare for Life?
- A Medicare wrap around coverage.
- Who is eligible for Tricare for Life?
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Medicare entitled uniform service retirees. (retired guard members and reservists)
Medicare entitled familiy members and widows/widowers(dependant parents and parents-in-laws are excluded)
Medicare entitled Congressional Medal of Honor recipents and their family members
Certan medicare-entitled unremarried former spouses. - To be eligible for Tricare for life you must enroll in?
- Medicare Part B
- Reserve Component members are eligible for Tricare Prime Remote if activated for more than_________ days?
- 30 consecutive days.
- Eligible Reserve Component members are entitled up to ______ days of Tricare benefits prior to moblization?
- 90
- This is a premium based health plan for eligible Reserve Component members
- Tricare reserve select
- Eligible Reserve Component members are entitle up to ____ days of coverage following separation from active duty
- 180
- The reserve Family demonstration Project has benn extended until?
- 31 OCT 2007.
- Overseas Healthcare has what two Tricare Benefits?
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Tricare Prime
Tricare Standard - Military retirees and their families who live overseas are eligible for?
- Tricare Standard.
- The new medication drug prescription coverage became effective________.
- JAN 1st 2006