[Harmless Teddy Bear]

TriCare Prime is only if you are within a fifty mile radius of a designated MTF and you are treated there. That leaves a lot of the country uncovered. And with the base consolidations and closings the area is shrinking every day.

[Lmo56]

TriCare Prime is only if you are within a fifty mile radius of a designated MTF and you are treated there. That leaves a lot of the country uncovered. And with the base consolidations and closings the area is shrinking every day.

Even if you live within the designated MTF area, you may be fighting for bed space, if 2 medical centers [in your area] consolidated into one.

Like what happened when Walter Reed consolidated with Bethesda Naval - NOW twice the number of patients are being seen annually at ONE facility [NOW about 1 million per year]. BUT, the consolidated facility has roughly 1/2 the bed space than the two original facilities being combined.

All things being equal [assuming each facility had the same number of in-patients annually], there are NOW TWICE the number of patients fighting for 1/2 the number of beds ...

"Goddamn Obama ..."