[capydick]

Faster appointments, more evening clinic hours, more physicians spending more time seeing patients and more base hospitals operating at full capacity.....

This sounds like a response penned up by the marketing department and meant to be digested by those who don't know the system.

[matginzac]

Yep...
Ain’t.Gunna.Happen.

[ops33]

I use Tricare Prime and my own physician. He’s been my family physician for over 20 years. The last thing I want to do is go to the nearest military base (60 mile round trip) for treatment. They don’t want me and I don’t want them.

[GailA]

When our Navy base went from a training base to BUPERS we lost the medical and hospital, even the airport was sold to the city. Hospital sits empty. Every one sees private doctors and uses private hospitals. Few qualify for VA care because of the $$ CAP and for active duty VA care does not apply. They use private care as well.