The following is the Nov. 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service insight report TRICARE Cost-sharing Changes in 2026. From the Report The Department of Defense administers a statutory health ...

Most Tricare health plan costs for military and retiree households will go up between 2% and 3% in 2026, with some steeper increases of over 15% for prescription drugs. The Military Health System ...

Defense health officials have added six preconception and prenatal genetic tests to military members’ health care benefits. The lab tests that are now a Tricare covered medical benefit include one ...

Nurse Practitioner Alison Gwinn listens with stethoscope on 1-year-old patient Orianna Taylor, during an appointment at Fort Lee, Va., July 29, 2019. (Lesley Atkinson/Army) The 9.6 million Tricare ...

Open enrollment for 2026 Tricare and FEDVIP coverage are under way. Neither open enrollment period was delayed during the government shutdown, officials told Military.com. The Federal Employee Vision ...

Tricare health beneficiaries who fill prescriptions outside a military health facility will pay more for medications next year, according to an announcement made by the federal government Tuesday, Oct ...

Families of active-duty, National Guard and Reserve service members — as well as Guardsmen and reservists who aren’t on ...

Understanding Medicare enrollment, FEHB coverage, and TRICARE can help retirees avoid penalties, save money and coordinate benefits effectively.

Changes are coming in Tricare, but not until the contract dispute is settled. Pictured here, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nikita Stroud checks vitals on a young patient during a well-child checkup in ...

Tricare is one of the biggest perks of military life, but most people don’t realize how much better it works when you know the system inside and out. Spouses who get the best care aren’t just lucky.

As a retired U.S. Coast Guard officer with over 24 years active duty service, I ask all veterans in the area to oppose the Obama administration proposal that would dramatically increase health care ...