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TRICARE Open Season

Important information for all military: TRICARE Open Season, their annual open enrollment period, start today, November 12th. Between now and December 10th, there are a few things about your TRICARE coverage that you need to know.

Selections for 2019 health care coverage must be completed between now (November 12) and December 10.
You may use this time to select a new TRICARE Select or TRICARE Prime plan
Open season is when you can change your existing plan or enrollment to something different
If no changes are made, your 2018 TRICARE selections will carry over to 2019
This is the ONLY time to make changes throughout the year unless you have a QLE or Qualifying Life Event

Qualifying Life Events are major events that fall into two categories: Military changes or Family changes. Military changes include activation, deactivation, injured while active duty, moving, separating from active duty and retirement. Family changes includes marriage, divorce, birth of a child, adoption of a child, college aged children attending school, children becoming adults, becoming Medicare eligible, moving, experiencing a death in the family, loss or gain of alternate health insurance.

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