TRICARE Facts
Eligibility
You are eligible for TRICARE benefits if you are:
- An active duty servicemember
- A National Guard or Reserve member (or their dependents) called to active duty for more than 30 consecutive days
- A spouse of an active duty servicemember
- A single child of an active duty servicemember
- A retired servicemember or their dependent
- The single former spouse of an active duty or retired servicemember who has died
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The single child of an active duty or retired servicemember who has died
Procedures and treatments not covered under TRICARE:
- Acupuncture
- Anabolic steroids
- Artificial insemination
- Autopsy
- Birth control that is not prescribed
- Bone marrow transplants to treat ovarian cancer
- Christian science treatments
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- Custodial care
- Electrolysis
- Food or food substitutes outside a hospital
- Foot care
- Hearing exams
- Immune globulin
- Investigational drugs
- Learning disabilities
- Naturopaths
- Orthodontia
- Orthopedics
- Over-the-counter drugs
- Private hospital rooms
- Retirement homes
- Sex change operations
- Speech therapy
- Sterilization reversal
- Viagra
- Sterilization
