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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2001;286:662.

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Washington—In an effort to take better care of older retirees, the Department of Defense (DoD) is expanding its Tricare health plan to include former workers older than 65 years—some 1.5 million people. The plan also includes a prescription drug benefit and additional benefits for families of active-duty military personnel.

Previously, retirees lost their DoD coverage after qualifying for Medicare, a significant decline in benefits that often prompted the purchase of secondary insurance or led to a lapse in care. So, starting October 1, Tricare will remedy the situation by paying for most medical costs not covered by Medicare.

"The average Medicare-eligible individual no longer has to buy an individual Medigap policy. They can rely on Tricare to be the second payer," said J. Jarrett Clinton, MD, the DoD's Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for health affairs. Clinton added that the DoD worked with Medicare to integrate their . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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