what is tricare and who is eligible
TRICARE is a health benefit program for all seven uniformed services: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.To use TRICARE, you must be listed in DEERS as being eligible for military health care benefits.If you don't find answers to your eligibility questions in this section, check with your military service personnel office for specific information.TRICARE-eligible persons include the following: 1  Active duty service members. TRICARE eligibility is effective July 1, 1994, if a court of law places the child. 2  A child placed by a recognized adoption agency is eligible effective October 5, 1994. 3  Children of current or former service members or their spouses born out of wedlock may be eligible for TRICARE benefits under certain conditions.
Tricare (styled TRICARE), formerly known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System.ricare Standard provides a similar benefit to the original CHAMPUS program and is available to retirees from the Active Component, retirees from the Reserve Component age 60 or older, and their eligible family members.