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T-Shirts for Sale
The Evening Dinner Meeting of 3 December 2010.
Annual Golf Outing , Frog Rock, 16 May 2011 Awards presented by President Ken Laino
TRICARE: There are four official sources for Tricare information, publications and help: The health benefits advisor/health care finder at a military hospital; any Tricare contractor; the Tricare Management Activety, 16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Aurorra CO 80011-9043; and the Defense Department military health system home page on the Internet, at www.tricare.mil. RETIREES now have their own official Web Site – http://www.retirees.af.mil. Will direct users to a page with links to Telephone news line set up for ‘non-wired’ retirees: A toll-free telephone news line has been set up for those retirees and surviving spouses who do not have computer access. By calling (800) 558-1404, retirees and spouses can stay informed using this new easy-to-use menu-driven service. TRICARE RETIREE DENTAL PROGRAM IS OPEN TO GRAY AREA RESERVISTS: Eligibles to enroll in the TRDP are: Members of the Uniformed Services who are emtitled to retired pay, including those age 65 and over. The seven Uniformed Services include the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and U.S. Public Health Service. Members of the National Guard/Reserve components of the Uniformed Services, regardless of their age, who have transferred to Retied Reserve status (as defined under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Section 10141(b)-including those in the “gray area” who are entitled to retired pay but will not begin receiving it until age 60. Current spouses of enrolled members, regardless of their age. Children of enrolled members up to age 21, or to age 23 for full-time students (proof of full-time student status is required), or older it they become disabled before losing eligibility. Tricare program for ‘gray area’ reservists coming FALLS CHURCH, Va.(AFRNS) -- A new program will offer “gray area” reservists the opportunity to purchase Tricare health care coverage. While qualified members of the Selected Reserve may purchase premium-based coverage under Tricare Reserve Select, or TRS, retired National Guard and Reserve personnel did not have Tricare health coverage options until they reached age 60.Under a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 that has all changed. The new provision allows certain members of the Retired Reserve who are not yet age 60, called “gray-area” retirees, to purchase Tricare Standard and Tricare Extra coverage. Tricare Extra simply means beneficiaries have lower out of pocket costs if they use a network provider. “We’re working hard to coordinate all the details of eligibility, coverage and costs, and expedite implementation of this important program,” said Rear Adm. Christine Hunter, deputy director of the Tricare Management Activity. “This is a major benefit program with implementation on the same magnitude as TRS. It will require detailed design, development and testing, but qualified retired reservists should be able to purchase coverage by late summer or early fall of 2010. ”While the health care benefit provided for gray-area retirees will be Tricare Standard and Extra – similar to TRS – the new program will differ from TRS in its qualifications, premiums, copayment rates and catastrophic cap requirements. The program is tentatively called Tricare Retired Reserve. The new statute requires premium rates to equal the full cost of the coverage. That is the major difference contrasted with TRS, where the statute provides that Selected Reserve members pay only 28 percent of the cost of the coverage. Premiums for the new gray-area retiree program will be announced after program rules are published in the Federal Register. This new program offers an important health coverage option for Reserve and National Guard members who served their country honorably before hanging up their uniforms at retirement, said Admiral Hunter. For more information about Tricare benefits, go to www.tricare.mil. (Courtesy of Tricare) designed to give you a "one stop shopping" location where you can get important information on a variety of programs that have been created to support you - www http://w.jointservicessupport.org |
