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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      TRICARE Open Season and Federal Benefits Open Season are underway. You now have until Dec. 10, 2018 to enroll in a new plan or change your enrollment between plans. The choice you make will take effect Jan. 1, 2019 and will remain in effect through all of 2019. (TRICARE Communications graphic)Take Command
                        
                        
                        TRICARE Open Season and Federal Benefits Open Season are underway. You now have until Dec. 10, 2018 to enroll in a new plan or change your enrollment between plans. The choice you make will take effect Jan. 1, 2019 and will remain in effect through all of 2019. (TRICARE Communications graphic)
                
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FEDVIP brings vision coverage to TRICARE beneficiariesPublished April 10, 2018
                    
                    
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            **FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) --**Only half of the 61 million U.S. adults who are at high risk for serious vision loss visited an eye doctor in the past year, according to the **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention**. Eye exams can help keep your vision strong, diagnose potential issues early, and prevent diseases that may lead to vision loss or blindness. 
Beginning with the 2018 Federal Benefits open season, from Nov. 12 to Dec. 10, 2018, beneficiaries enrolled in a TRICARE health plan will be eligible to enroll in the **Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program**, or FEDVIP. Coverage will start Jan. 1, 2019.
Beneficiaries enrolled in or are eligible for the **TRICARE Retiree Dental Program** will also be able to enroll in one of the FEDVIP dental options for 2019 coverage. TRDP will end on Dec. 31, 2018. FEDVIP offers 10 dental and four vision carrier options. If you are currently enrolled in the TRDP plan, you will not be automatically enrolled in a FEDVIP plan for 2019.
You can begin reviewing the **2018 FEDVIP program options** now to better understand your coverage and cost options. Please know that benefits and costs may change each year.
The open season will be your annual opportunity to enroll in, change, or cancel a FEDVIP dental or vision plan. Each year, it runs from the Monday of the second full week in November through the Monday of the second full week in December. You may only enroll in a FEDVIP plan outside of open season if you experience a FEDVIP Qualifying Life Event. Any election in a FEDVIP plan remains in effect for the entire calendar year, unless you experience a QLE to cancel or change enrollment.
Almost all TRICARE beneficiaries are eligible to enroll in the FEDVIP vision coverage as the sponsor or primary enrollee. Visit the **FEDVIP website** for more information and to sign up for notifications about this change.Air Force 



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