|
Tricare for life - for the spouse too?
03-14-2008, 08:20 PM
|
#1
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 582
|
Tricare for life - for the spouse too?
Does anyone know whether, for military retirees, the family members are covered for life as well? I know everyone can be covered under Tricare when the military member retires, but what if he/she dies first, and before the spouse reaches 65 (Medicare)? Will the spouse still be covered under Tricare?
__________________
|
|
|
|
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
03-14-2008, 10:05 PM
|
#2
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 14,404
|
The surviving spouse will be covered for life, unless he/she remaries.
Kids are covered until they turn 21, and until 23 if they are full-time students. Then they can darn well enlist themselves and get their own benefits!!!
Here's a link with the details on unusual situations.
TRICARE Eligibility - Military Benefits - Military.com
Of course, the military retirement checks stop with the member's death, unless he/she signed up for the Survivor's Benefit Plan (SBP). But that has nothing to do with Tricare.
|
|
|
03-15-2008, 07:48 AM
|
#3
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 582
|
Thanks samclem! I will bookmark the link for future reference.
__________________
|
|
|
03-15-2008, 08:10 AM
|
#4
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 11,331
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by samclem
The surviving spouse will be covered for life, unless he/she remaries.
|
And can get it back if she later divorces. My sister's husband was killed in a Navy plane crash. She remarried and lost coverage but 15 years later she divorced and requalified.
__________________
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre -- Albert Camus
|
|
|
03-19-2008, 03:36 PM
|
#5
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oahu
Posts: 26,860
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WM
Does anyone know whether, for military retirees, the family members are covered for life as well? I know everyone can be covered under Tricare when the military member retires, but what if he/she dies first, and before the spouse reaches 65 (Medicare)? Will the spouse still be covered under Tricare?
|
Medicare also kicks Tricare down to second-payer status for some situations before age 65-- like kidney failure and organ transplants.
Reservists/NG dying between the date of being approved for retirement and age 60, with or without SBP, is a whole 'nother mess. Let us know if that's part of the question and I'll dig into the links with my Reservist spouse...
__________________
*
Co-author (with my daughter) of “Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence.”
Author of the book written on E-R.org: "The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement."
I don't spend much time here— please send a PM.
|
|
|
03-19-2008, 04:33 PM
|
#6
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 582
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
Reservists/NG dying between the date of being approved for retirement and age 60, with or without SBP, is a whole 'nother mess. Let us know if that's part of the question and I'll dig into the links with my Reservist spouse...
|
Nope, active duty is all I need to know about at the moment, thanks.
__________________
|
|
|
03-20-2008, 02:36 PM
|
#7
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Central, Ohio, USA
Posts: 2,635
|
Here is a link to the recently changed TRICARE-All Forms TRICARE—TRICARE Management Activity. Looks like a much better site and it has more information and may clear up some confusion.
__________________
Vietnam Veteran, CW4 USA, Retired 1979
|
|
|
03-20-2008, 05:24 PM
|
#8
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 582
|
Thanks, R Wood! You're right, this site is much better than I remember.
__________________
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|