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Article: REACTIVATED? DON'T LET YOUR FAMILY LOSE TRICARE PRIME COVERAGE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 31, 2006
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The TRICARE Management Activity Communication & Customer Service Office issued the following news release:
The families of National Guardsmen and Reservists enrolled in TRICARE Prime under the Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) are automatically switched to TRICARE Standard when their sponsors are recalled to active duty. But new rules allow them to keep their Prime coverage when they re-enroll up to 30 days after the sponsor's activation.
TAMP offers TRICARE Prime coverage for 180 days to some service members leaving active duty and their eligible family members. But if National Guard or Reserve members are recalled to active duty during TAMP, they and their families ...