In April last year, TRICARE stopped a $12 co-payment for doctor visits by active duty family members using TRICARE Prime, the military's managed health care plan. Six months later, service elderly gained access to TRICARE for Life, the "golden supplement" to Medicare.
Between these two populations of generally satisfied beneficiaries are three million military retirees, family members, and survivors under age 65. According to a "White Paper" drawing attention on Capitol Hill and at TRICARE headquarters, many of these younger retirees are bitter, frustrated, and clamoring for their own health care reforms...more
Some info contained in the White Paper and on website of MHCRG really make you scratch your head and say HUH!!!!!!! See below. What are these Tricare contractors smoking? This is what we do to our retired military and yet, we have these groups complaining about treatment of GITMO prisoners and prisoners in jail and illegal aliens. Our military retirees deserve better than this. On the white paper is a url to send a message to congress its:
http://capwiz.com/naus/issues/alert/?alertid=305111&type=CO
http://rebel.212.net/mhcrg/
http://rebel.212.net/mhcrg/MRGRGwhitepaper.htm
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"You questioned on your website why TRICARE Prime is not available in your area. When DOD designed the TRICARE Prime program for the state of Arkansas, the area in which you live was designated as a TRICARE Standard area. By definition a contracted network of TRICARE Prime providers is not available. Most of the physicians in your area have very busy practices and may not be motivated to accept TRICARE beneficiaries. There are TRICARE certified providers in surrounding areas and we encourage them to accept TRICARE beneficiaries. Generally, their busy practices may also discourage them from accepting TRICARE patients."
Important: Enrollment in TRICARE Prime does not guarantee civilian
health care, nor does it guarantee military health care.
Even if a hospital participates in TRICARE Standard, sometimes the
doctors and other providers who care for you there do not. If possible,
check on this by phone before you go to get care.
You cannot pay this office call bill yourself. The provider must submit it. (Doctor will not see you again until bill is paid in full).
We need to know the Doctor's degree.
Again, from Anthem Alliance: "The Grievance Department completed an extensive investigation on your behalf. The Grievance Department does not have access to the information contained in the claims system therefore, depends upon information provided by the Claims Department. We trust this information is correct."
"I just received a letter from my doctor along with a package of information forwarded from TRICARE. TRICARE informed my Doctor they will be unable to process my $61.00 claim unless they have my name, social security number, date of birth and address - all of which was on the TRICARE form that they returned to the doctor!"
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