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TRICARE

Act Now: Set Up

Payment for TRICARE

Select Enrollment Fees

If you or your sponsor’s initial enlistment or appointment The new TRICARE Select enrollment fees for a Group A
occurred before January 1, 2018, you aIf you’re a Group retired beneficiary are:
A retired beneficiary, you’ll pay a new monthly TRICARE n For an individual plan, you’ll pay $12.50 per month
Select enrollment fee to maintain your TRICARE Select or $150 annually.
coverage. This is for coverage starting on Jan. 1, 2021. n For a family plan, you’ll pay $25.00 per month or
$300 annually.
Only those family members enrolled in TRICARE Select n The catastrophic cap will increase from $3,000 to
(with a Group A retiree sponsor) pay the new enroll- $3,500.
ment fee. If enrollment is only for one family member, n Your TRICARE Select enrollment fees will apply
then they would pay the individual enrollment fee, not towards your catastrophic cap.
the family enrollment fee. For example, if one family
member is enrolled in TRICARE Prime and another is Your enrollment fee will be waived if you’re:
enrolled in TRICARE Select, you’ll pay the appropriate n An active duty family member
enrollment fees for both plans. Remember that you pay n A medically retired retiree or family member
TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select individual and n A survivor of an active duty sponsor or medically
family fees separately. retired retiree

Do you use TRICARE For Life, TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Reserve

Select, TRICARE Retired Reserve, or TRICARE Young Adult?

If so, this change won’t affect you. This information is for you only if you’re enrolled in TRICARE Select. Want to check
your plan’s costs? Visit www.tricare.mil/costs. For more information on TRICARE For Life, visit www.tricare.mil/tfl.

What Do I Need to Do?

Take action today to set up a monthly payment plan.

If you... Then...

Get your retirement or other pay You’ll pay your TRICARE Select fees via a monthly allotment,
from a military pay center where feasible

Don’t get your retired pay through a You’ll pay your fees by a recurring credit or debit card transaction.
military pay center You can also pay your monthly fees though electronic funds transfer
(EFT). Your EFT must be from a U.S. bank.

Are an unremarried You’ll pay your fees by a recurring credit or debit card transaction.
former spouse You can also pay your monthly fees through electronic funds transfer
(EFT). Your EFT must be from a U.S. bank.

12 The Mariner • 2020 WINTER Edition • Volume 63 • Issue 3