FALLS CHURCH, Va. –
TRICARE Open Season is right here. Now by means of Dec. 12, most individuals enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select could make enrollment adjustments for subsequent 12 months. Open season doesn’t apply to everybody who makes use of TRICARE.
“Open season is for active duty family members and many retirees and their family members. It’s also for anyone else who’s eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select, except active duty service members,” stated Shane Pham, a program analyst with TRICARE Policy and Programs on the Defense Health Agency. “TRICARE Open Season isn’t for you if you’re eligible for TRICARE For Life or a TRICARE premium-based plan.”
You can also be eligible to enroll in or change your dental and imaginative and prescient protection throughout Federal Benefits Open Season.
Read on to be taught which open seasons apply to you.
Q: Does TRICARE Open Season apply to me?
A: TRICARE Open Season applies to you when you’re eligible for any of those plans:
Q: Who can’t take part in TRICARE Open Season?
A: Open season it doesn’t apply to:
If you’re eligible, you could buy premium-based plans at any time.
Q: Does Federal Benefits Open Season apply to me?
A: Yes, when you’re eligible for dental or imaginative and prescient protection by means of the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). Your eligibility relies in your beneficiary sort. FEDVIP dental and imaginative and prescient plans are separate. You should have protection in a TRICARE well being plan to buy FEDVIP imaginative and prescient protection.
FEDVIP dental and imaginative and prescient protection:
- Retired service members and relations. This contains retirees and relations with TFL.
- Retired National Guard and Reserve members and their relations
FEDVIP imaginative and prescient protection solely:
- Active responsibility relations (ADFMs)
- National Guard and Reserve members and their relations
ADFMs and National Guard and Reserve members and their relations aren’t eligible for FEDVIP dental protection, as outlined within the TRICARE Dental Options Fact Sheet. But you could be eligible to buy TRICARE Dental Program protection.
Certain others can also be eligible for FEDVIP protection. Go to BENEFEDS.com to see when you’re eligible, buy protection, and be taught extra.
Federal Benefits Open Season could also be your solely probability to buy FEDVIP protection for 2024. This 12 months’s Federal Benefits Open Season runs by means of Monday, Dec. 11. This is sooner or later earlier than TRICARE Open Season ends.
Now is the time to be sure you get the TRICARE protection you and your loved ones want for subsequent 12 months. Go to TRICARE Open Season to be taught extra about your eligibility, the way to enroll or change your well being plan, and extra.
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