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Transcript: TRICARE PRIME REMOTE TO OPEN FOR FAMILY MEMBERS FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- December 15, 2000
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2000 -- Families of active-duty service members
serving in areas far from a military base and its medical facilities
will
be eligible soon for a new program designed to cut their healthcare
costs.
The fiscal 2001 defense authorization act provides for TRICARE
Prime
Remote for Family Members to begin Oct. 1, 2001. Active duty members
in
locations more than 50 miles from a military medical treatment facility
have had TRICARE Prime Remote since Oct. 1, 1999. Their families,
however,
are covered under TRICARE Standard.
TRICARE Prime Remote is similar to civilian health maintenance
organizations and preferred provider plans. Beneficiaries use ...