TRICARE for National Guard and Reserve

     
Health Care Options When Deactivated

To see if you qualify for the programs listed here, contact your Service personnel office or visit the Guard and Reserve Web Portal.

If you were activated in support of a contingency operation for more than 30 consecutive days, you and your family may be entitled to 180 days of transitional health care coverage when you are released from active duty. During the Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) period, you may enroll in TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Prime Overseas, or use TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard Overseas.

When your TAMP period begins, you will be automatically disenrolled from your TRICARE Prime option you had during your activation period. In order to continue TRICARE Prime without a break in coverage, you will need to resubmit your TRICARE Prime Enrollment Application and PCM Change Form (DD Form 2876) to Humana Military within 30 days of your deactivation date. For family members enrolling in TRICARE Prime for the first time, the form must be received by the 20th of the month for coverage to begin on the first day of the next month.

Note: TPR, TPRADFM, and TGRO are not available during the TAMP period. If you and your family members were enrolled in any of these programs during your activation period, you will be disenrolled and covered by TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard Overseas.

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TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) is a voluntary, premium-based TRICARE health plan available for purchase by qualified National Guard and Reserve members. If you qualify, you may purchase TRS for you and your family at any time when you are not on active duty orders. When you and your family members are covered under TRS, you receive health care coverage similar to TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra (deductibles and cost-shares apply). For more information about TRS, refer to the TRICARE Reserve Select flyer or visit TRICARE Web Site.

If you lose coverage under a non-premium TRICARE health plan due to a status change (e.g., deactivation) and you qualify for TRS, you may purchase TRS with no break in coverage. Your TRS coverage will begin the day after your previous TRICARE coverage ends, as long as you submit your completed TRS Request Form (DD Form 2896-1) with the first month’s premium payment postmarked no later than 60 days after the loss of your non-premium TRICARE coverage. To qualify for and purchase TRS, visit the Guard and Reserve Web Portal.

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The Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP) is a premium-based health care program available for purchase by qualified members. CHCBP provides medical coverage following the loss of entitlement to military medical benefits (similar to COBRA*). Enrollment and payment of quarterly premiums are required.

There is a limit on the amount of time you and your family may be covered under CHCBP. For more information about CHCBP and to download an enrollment application, visit Humana Miltary's Continued Health Care Benefit Portal.

* The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to continue employer-provided health coverage for limited periods of time and under certain circumstances.

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