Sgt Maj & Nick;
Another player in this is whether or not her retired husband and/or she is 65 and has or has not signed up for medicare. Under Tricare Prime, a monthly premium is paid. When one turns 65 Tricare Prime ends and one is automatically converted to “Tricare for Life” which requires that one is enrolled in Medicare. I just when through that drill a couple of years ago. And under Tricare for Life, you are no longer seeable by military doctors unless you get on a hospital’s list of the limited numbers of retirees they are permitted to provide medical services too. I got that set up for me, and am now having to do it for my wife, which will not be fun as all Tricare is done online because the hospital/base/post ‘Tricare service centers’ were closed a year ago to ‘save costs.’
She refers to herself and her two children as young. Not 65.