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Congress Misses Opportunity to Help Military Families By Fixing Tricare Young Adult Shortcoming
Shared from MilitaryFamily.org Most Americans get their healthcare through work – and military families are no different, earning their health care benefit through years of service. And while they make many sacrifices to do so, the quality of their health … Continue reading
Posted in military family, Military news, Uncategorized
Tagged deployment, Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act, joining forces, military, military blog, military families, military family, military family blog, military spouse, MOAA, National military family association, NDAA, NDAA HR 475, NMFA, tricare, tricare cuts, tricare young adult
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TRICARE Pharmacy Copayments to Increase Starting Jan. 1, 2020
On Jan. 1, some copayments for your prescription drugs will increase. If you get your prescriptions through the TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery or at a retail network pharmacy, you’ll pay anywhere from $2 to $7 more starting Jan. 1. Congress made this change in … Continue reading
New Tricare Vision Coverage
Anyone who has vision trouble or family members who do, knows how expensive it is to pay out of pocket for exams and contact/glasses. In 2019, a brand new vision benefit will be available to eligible to active duty family … Continue reading
Posted in Military news, Uncategorized
Tagged military vision care, tricare, tricare vision
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Tricare Authorizes Urgent Care Visits for Military Families, Without Pre-Approval
Tricare released good news for military families. Families like ours will soon be permitted two in-network urgent care visits per family member, per fiscal year, without pre-approval. This is good news not only for families, but also for medical care … Continue reading
Military Moms Get Breast Pumps Covered 100% Through Tricare
For new military moms or who are expecting a baby, you can get a a breast pump 100% covered by Tricare! The Breastfeeding Shop will send it to you free of charge along with 2 accessory kits & 6 boxes … Continue reading
Posted in Giveaway, Military news, Product Review
Tagged army, breast pump, breastfeeding, breastfeeding help, breastpump, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, free breast pump, joining forces, military, military blog, military family, military family issues, military freebies, military mom help, military spouse, military wife, newborn help, tricare
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What’s Good and Bad about the Military’s Medical System
Bob’s tonsillectomy went off without a hitch. His pain level has steadily decreased since two days post op and it is barely noticeable now. We celebrated, with more ice cream, when his pain level reached a lower level than what … Continue reading
Posted in Living abroad, Military news
Tagged living oversease, medevac, military blog, military family, military family assn, military family association, military family blog, military health care, military medevac, military medical system, militaryfamily.org, mtf, naval hospital, navy hospital, okinawa medical, problem with tricare, tricare
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Guest Post: What happen When Your Autistic Child Ages out of Tricare? One Family’s journey:
I want to thank Erin for sharing her place in cyberspace with me today. She asked me to talk a little about our mildly autistic son after he graduated from high school. Our son was identified with ADHD at age … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Dependent?
de·pend·ent /diˈpendənt/ (Noun) A person who relies on another. For my civilian readers, before I continue this post, I need to explain an element of military life I have not previously addressed. In the military, the service member is called … Continue reading
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