Eligibility

You must show as eligible for TRICARE in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.

  • Update DEERS online or call 1-800-538-9552.
  • List your physical address in DEERS.
  • If you live overseas and have an APO/FPO address, list it as your mailing address.

Prescription drug coverage is available to:

  • Active duty service members and families
  • ActivatedCalled or ordered to active duty service for more than 30 days in a row. National Guard and Reserve Members and families
  • Retired service members and families
  • Retired National Guard and Reserve Members (age 60 and above and receiving retired pay) and families
  • Survivors, widows/widowers and certain former spouses
  • Medal of Honor recipients and families
  • Beneficiaries using the following plans:
    • TRICARE Prime
    • TRICARE Select
    • TRICARE Reserve Select
    • TRICARE Retired Reserve
    • TRICARE Young Adult
    • Continued Health Care Benefit Program
  • Other beneficiaries including foreign force members and families

Are you eligible for Medicare?  You may be required to have Medicare Part B. >>Learn More

Last Updated 11/21/2024