every Vet I’ve talked to wants a version of Tri-Care not the VA.
Concur. I use Tri-Care Prime. Had to use the VA during my evaluation after retiring and found out quick that it was not the way to go.
I love my TriCare. It has by far become my greatest benefit now that I am retired.
Tricare comes under DOD regs and out of their budget. Lots of restrictions. 2014 all daily meds started coming from Military Base or Express Scripts FRAUD ALERT do not give them your credit or bank auto withdrawal have them bill you. 1 month for a paper script to be filled 2 weeks for refills. Base fills, but you call Pensacola for refills 5 days early. Not all meds are on their Formulary, depends on the size of your base. Any med not on the list comes from ES. Good luck with them. Your meds are just shoved in your mail box regardless of retail cost or if they are temp sensitive. You have to call for our area Pensacola for refills 5 days early, ES is 2 weeks early. Some drugs need paper scripts DEA law. Lots of docs have issue trying to script for 90 day fills, and refills, and anything that is on the DEA list is either 30 days, with 2 refills, or a new script monthly with CHRONIC PAIN written on it. These are all paper scripts, no E Script. 1 ER Script can be done at a local pharmacy.
Our base hospital and medical shut down when we went from a training base to BUPERS paper pushers. So every one uses private docs and hospitals, unless they are VA certified. Which is hard to get. So active duty use Champus, Retired use Tricare Prime or Life depending on age. Over 65 it’s Life + Medicare. Prime example of Socialized Med with restrictions and regs from both providers. Not all med needs are covered either.
That would be great.