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Step 1: Identify Your Program Options

Use the table below to determine the program options available to you based on your beneficiary category. The third column will tell you which step to take next.

TRICARE Program Options                                                                                                                       Figure 2.1

Your Beneficiary Category

Your Program Options

Your Next Step

Active Duty Service Member(ADSM)

(includes National Guard and Reserve members activated for more than 30 consecutive days)

 TRICARE Prime TRICARE Prime enrollment is
mandatory.Proceed to Step 4 to how to enroll.
ADSM who lives and works more than 50 miles or an hour’s drive from a military treatment facility (MTF)

(includes National Guard and Reserve members activated for more than 30 consecutive days)		 TRICARE Prime Remote TRICARE Prime enrollment is
mandatory.Proceed to Step 4 to how to enroll.
Active Duty Family Member (ADFM)

(includes family members of National Guard and Reserve members activated for morethan 30 consecutive days)		 TRICARE Prime
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
US Family Health Plan
(if availablein your area)		 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more about your program options.
ADFM who resides with an ADSM who lives and works more than 50 miles or an hour’s drive from an MTF

(includes National Guard and Reserve members activated for more than 30 consecutive days)		 TRICARE Prime Remote for Active
Duty Family Members
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
US Family Health Plan (if available
in your area)		 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more
about your program options.
Retiree and eligible family members
(regardless of age)who are not eligible for Medicare		 TRICARE Prime
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
US Family Health Plan (if available
in your area)		 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more
about your program options.
Medicare-eligible beneficiary under age 65 TRICARE Prime
TRICARE For Life
US Family Health Plan (if available
in your area)
 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more
about your program options.
Medicare-eligible beneficiary age 65 and over TRICARE For Life
US Family Health Plan (if available
in your area)		 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more
about your program options.

Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and their family members, and certain former spouses of active or retired
service members

 TRICARE Prime
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
TRICARE For Life
US Family Health Plan (if available
in your area)
 Proceed to Step 2 to learn more
about your program options.


Once you have identified which TRICARE program options are available to you based on your beneficiary category, you can proceed to the next step. In some cases, you will be eligible for only one program. For example, if you’re an ADSM or a National Guard and Reserve member called to active duty for more than 30 consecutive days, you must enroll in TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Prime Remote. In this case, you can skip to Step 4 for information on how to enroll.

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Last Reviewed: February 29, 2008