Beneficiaries Using TRICARE Retired Reserve

If you’re eligible for Medicare Part A, you aren’t required to have Medicare Part B to purchase TRICARE Retired Reserve.

Even though you aren’t required to have Medicare Part B, we strongly encourage you to sign up for Part B when you’re first eligible. If you don’t, you may be required to pay the Medicare Part B late enrollment penaltyYour monthly premium for Part B may go up 10% for each full 12-month period that you could have had Part B, but didn't sign up for it..

Learn more about TRICARE Retired Reserve.