The Department of Defense (DOD) has formalized its plan to expand TRICARE coverage for dependent children through age 26. This will bring the military's policy in line with the national health care law enacted in 2010. The plan, called the TRICARE Young Adult Program, will offer TRICARE Standard benefits starting during the first half of 2011. To be eligible, older dependent children must be unmarried and must not be eligible for their own employer-sponsored health insurance. The dependent child will be able to purchase the TRICARE coverage on a month to month basis. The monthly cost has not yet been disclosed.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Colonel, US Army Reserve
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