but I have to warn you all....the writing is on the wall....they meaning TPTB are aiming to diminish Tricare and veterans services...they're making little cuts here and there, more regulations, more limitations, and more waiting times...
the office where I signed up said that they've heard word that their office will be closed perhaps in March......then what do you do?....everything will have to be online or my mail...good luck...
Wanna give odds that someone is already planning to push dependents and retires off Tricare and on to Obamacare?
Just FYI I've used Tricare for 12 years now and have never visited any office since I first retired. There's no need to since it's online!
Jusp make sure you learn which doctors are in the network and only go to those otherwise you'll get a big bill.
They have the list online!
I have a walk in clinic I go to ($12 copay with $3 prescriptions) and can get in and out in about 45 minutes and the doctors are retired military.
The goal and mccain is pushing it is to force Tricare Life for those over 65 members to go onto 0 care. And to force you to mail order your meds from the fricking, hard to deal with express scripts. mccain is calling for a $10 BILLION gut of Military health care which is set to triple in cost for active duty. Just another way to reduce the over deployed and under paid Military from all branches.
Remember TFL and Medicare are admined out of the SAME office!
There are signs going up in doctors offices NO NEW MEDICARE and NO NEW TFL patients. Because of the to little reimbursement for services rendered.
Ret. SCPO wife