Tricare

[gunnyhiles]

Over the last 20+ years I have had hundreds of thousands $ in surgery, I paid $000.00. My wife and I without Tricare would pay over $1,000 but with Tricare pay a few hundred. I have had no bad experiences from them as well as the VA.

[outlaw3179]

Gunny when I had my 2nd son my wife and I ended up paying about $3K in out of pocket . My insurance sucked bad. Our third son my out of pocket was $15. Since then my kids have had a few surgeries or been in the hospital for some reason or another for short periods of time nothing to serious , and Ive never had to pay anything. Never had a problem with them.

[sscjoe]

Tri-Care for Life is the best insurance plan going. My Dad is retired Navy/Air Force(3 War Vet). He has a knee replacement and several other surgeries in the past few years all at no cost. BTW- he will not go near the VA

[yanacek]

While I was in the Corps, Tricare was very good. When I first retired it was also pretty good. Then DOD decided to drop my area from "Prime Coverage." I still got to keep Prime as long as my current physician remained a Primary Care Manager. Tricare then went to work on him, denying claim after claim and forcing him to re-submit two or three times to get paid. As a result of their efforts, he dropped Tricare. The net result is that my family and I no longer have acceptable coverage. I have called them numerous times and no one there can come up with a solution, other than to blame DOD.

If anyone knows of a contact that I could call to request assistance in getting my health care retirement benefits, it would be most appreciated.