Thousands of Tricare Users Could Soon Lose Coverage

Military.com 8 Feb 2018 By Amy Bushatz

About 50,000 Tricare Prime retiree or Tricare Reserve Select, Tricare Retired Reserve or Tricare Young Adult users in the new West region could be on the cusp of losing coverage, according to an email obtained this week by Military.com.

Tricare users in those households -- about 39,000 Prime beneficiaries and 25,000 Reserve or young adult plan beneficiaries -- as of Jan. 31 had not yet updated their payment information with the contractor, Health Net Federal Services, according to the email from Laura D'Antin, the Defense Health Agency's West region Reserve component liaison.