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Broad Based TriCare Benefit Support

September 17, 2008 By admin

One of the biggest costs in any budget is the cost of health care. The United States has one of the highest standards of living in the world, but the rising cost of health care is a concern to people across the country. The benefits in joining the military in financial and monetary concerns is excellent, but the benefits provided in enlisting in the military also are excellent in the area of health care. The United States Armed Forces has extensive benefits available to its Servicemembers and their dependents. The TriCare medical program is the one that provides medical service for all military Servicemembers, for all five military armed branches, and for the dependents of Servicemembers. It is not only medical, but also broad based dental coverage for all Servicemembers and their dependents. There is also medical support for behavioral and social programs, something that can be missing from other types and civilian type medical programs.

The TriCare program is a program that has been established over the last twenty years or so, and it replaces the old CHAMPUS program of health care for military Servicemembers. The coverage that is given to military and their dependents is excellent, and it provides for each member of the Servicemember family as well as the Servicemember themselves. When a member of the military has a medical issue they can seek care from their assigned primary care physician, much as they do in civilian life. When they have an emergency, they can seek care at the closest ER or emergency facility, and the TriCare system picks up the tab for them or for their family if they are in an emergency situation. Support for a wide range of conditions and diseases are supported, and these are covered by elements of TriCare and their umbrella organizations. The services provided for routine care are often at the military base medical facility. Medical Services are provided by TriCare medical Care facilities, and the service has become a little more flexible than in the past. If services required are not available at a particular TriCare base facility, the Government and TriCare has entered into a number of agreements with different health care providers across the country.

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Now, if services are not available that are needed, then a referral is made to a facility that can provide the needed services. This is a fairly new change, and it has given both the Servicemember and the TriCare system of health care a lot more flexibility.

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