Tricare 2013 update

[Hooligan]

Tricare changes update:
The House and Senate proposed bills would kill most of the Pentagon proposed Tricare fee hikes, at least for next year.

Beneficiaries age 65 and older won’t see any enrollment fee for TRICARE for Life (TFL).

Beneficiaries under age 65 won’t see any TRICARE Standard enrollment fee and won’t see any increase in the Standard deductible.

Beneficiaries under age 65 will see only a 3.6% increase in their TRICARE Prime enrollment fee as of October 1 – the same percentage increase as the 2012 COLA, thanks to the COLA cap added to last year’s defense authorization act.

No beneficiaries will have their TRICARE fees means-tested.

But there will be some increases in TRICARE pharmacy copays. That’s where the House and Senate bills take significantly different approaches. The Senate stays with the higher Pentagon increases.

The House version:
Substantially reduced the Pentagon-proposed copay increases for FY2013
Cut retail copays by about 40% below the DoD plan
Keep access to non-formulary meds in retail stores
Cut mail-order copays by more than 50% for brand-name meds
Cut mail-order copays by 25% for non-formulary meds
Keep mail-order copays at zero for generic med

Complete discussion and fee tables are here: MOAA Legislative Update - June 2012 : MOAA

[Cilrah]

My medical benefits are the NUMBER 1 reason I'm happy I stayed and retired. I'm enrolled in Tricare Prime and live (usually) less then 50 miles from Madigan Army Med Center. I love the care I get from my PCM there

[corjaguar]

Originally Posted by Hooligan

Tricare changes update:
The House and Senate proposed bills would kill most of the Pentagon proposed Tricare fee hikes, at least for next year.

Beneficiaries age 65 and older won’t see any enrollment fee for TRICARE for Life (TFL).

Beneficiaries under age 65 won’t see any TRICARE Standard enrollment fee and won’t see any increase in the Standard deductible.

Beneficiaries under age 65 will see only a 3.6% increase in their TRICARE Prime enrollment fee as of October 1 – the same percentage increase as the 2012 COLA, thanks to the COLA cap added to last year’s defense authorization act.

No beneficiaries will have their TRICARE fees means-tested.

But there will be some increases in TRICARE pharmacy copays. That’s where the House and Senate bills take significantly different approaches. The Senate stays with the higher Pentagon increases.

The House version:
Substantially reduced the Pentagon-proposed copay increases for FY2013
Cut retail copays by about 40% below the DoD plan
Keep access to non-formulary meds in retail stores
Cut mail-order copays by more than 50% for brand-name meds
Cut mail-order copays by 25% for non-formulary meds
Keep mail-order copays at zero for generic med

Complete discussion and fee tables are here: MOAA Legislative Update - June 2012 : MOAA

Thanks for the info...........the news was as good as it gets for now.

[CoastieSCPO]

Thanks for the information. I am on medicare and Tricare for Life and the wife has Tricare Prime and we says thanks each day for staying in the military all those years.

[Rom]

Originally posted by Hooligan

Beneficiaries under age 65 will see only a 3.6% increase in their TRICARE Prime enrollment fee as of October 1......

Just received my renewal enrollment and it went up $78.56, a 17% increase from $460/yr to $538.56. But there was an attached memo that says the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) has calculated the FY 2013 enrollment fee based on current law, and that these amounts (with the increase) could change when Congress passes the final FY 2013 budget.

I'll be sending in my payment by next month, I hope by then it could be determined what the final amount will be.

[Pricejh]

Originally Posted by Rom

Just received my renewal enrollment and it went up $78.56, a 17% increase from $460/yr to $538.56. But there was an attached memo that says the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) has calculated the FY 2013 enrollment fee based on current law, and that these amounts (with the increase) could change when Congress passes the final FY 2013 budget.

I'll be sending in my payment by next month, I hope by then it could be determined what the final amount will be.

Got mine also. I think that I just sit back and my allotment will take care of the increase. Or did I miss that memo?