Healthcare Insurance

Tricare

Spouses and Family members can visit www.tricare.mil/mybenefit for information on medical benefits available through TRICARE or www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl for military ID card facilities.

As a Soldier, you and your Family are entitled to service members group life insurance automatically covered by a comprehensive HMO-type military health-care plan called TRICARE that provides medical and dental care at little or no cost.

TRICARE enrollees receive most health care at a Military Treatment Facility, where a primary care manager supervises their care. The Army health-care team is one of the biggest health-care networks in the world, utilizing state-of-the-art technology in world-renowned facilities.

A network of "preferred" or "in-network" providers adds to the services offered at the Medical Treatment Facility's (MTFs). Soldiers and their Families are free to make appointments with any authorized provider.

Separate programs are available for Soldiers and their Families who are on remote assignment or overseas.

Dental

Example of Eligibility for the TRICARE-Family Member Dental Plan (FMDP). In 1986 Congress established the Dependent Dental Plan (DDP) for the spouse, children, and eligible Family members of active duty sponsors in the Seven Uniform Services; Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services.

Example of Non-Eligibility for the TRICARE-FMDP applies to the following: Active duty sponsors; Former military sponsors and Family members; Former military sponsors who separated under special separation or transition assistance; Retired sponsors; Former spouses, Parents, Air Force or Contract Employees, and Family members who are not TRICARE eligible.