A child may also be covered up to the 23rd birthday if he or she is in school full-time. A child placed by a recog-nized adoption agency is eligible effective Oct. 5, 1994. Certain family members of active duty service members who were court-martialed and separated for spouse or child abuse. Cost-sharing will be the same as for other active duty families. One hundred-twenty days for regular Department of Defense military members who are involuntarily separated with six or more years of active service, and their eligible family members.
Eligibility is determined by the individual service branches.
Check with your nearest military personnel office for time limits or expiration dates on these benefits. These benefits include the transitional health care benefits listed above. These children should have an ID card of their own when in the custody of a parent who is not eligible for benefits. And it doesn't matter whether you've applied for Medicare. Medicare eligibility begins on the first day of the month in which you become eligible.