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Transcript: TRICARE PRIME REMOTE ENROLLMENT OPENS
- Article from:
- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- October 5, 1999
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Dr. Sue Bailey, assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs,
announced today that thousands of active duty service members who
live
in the United States but far from military hospitals and clinics can
immediately
enroll in a new program, known as TRICARE Prime Remote.
TRICARE Prime Remote facilitates access to primary medical care
in the
local areas where servicemembers live and work. Active duty personnel
who
live and work more than 50 miles from a military hospital or clinic
must
enroll in TRICARE Prime Remote. In areas where there are TRICARE network
providers, service members can select a primary care provider from
the
network as their Primary Care ...