It’s important to understand your TRICARE health plan options so you can choose the right coverage for your family. Here are some things to consider when you research your options.

Have you reviewed your TRICARE coverage for 2024? Now is the time, because TRICARE Open Season ends Dec. 12. Open season may be your only chance to enroll in TRICARE coverage or change your health plan for 2024.

For many people, the holiday season brings expectations of joy. But for some, the holidays may be a time of stress, sadness, or isolation. Life events like the deployment of a spouse, the loss of a loved one, and complex family dynamics can affect how we feel during the holiday season.

TRICARE Open Season is here. Now through Dec. 12, most people enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select can make enrollment changes for next year. Open season doesn’t apply to everyone who uses TRICARE.

On this edition of Down to Earth, we’re checking in with Space Base Delta 1 to meet U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Koye Tsosie, 21st Medical Group health administrator, at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. 

Members of Peterson’s 21st Dental Squadron helped hundreds of people smile brighter during last month’s Mission of Mercy clinic that ran from September 22-23, in Greeley, Colorado. The Colorado Mission of Mercy is a large-scale, two-day event that is held annually in a different Colorado community each year. The non-profit organization has treated 18,000 patients and given out $16,000,000 in free dental care since its inception in 2007.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Codileigh Stone, 21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron warrior care clinic supervisor, is Space Base Delta 1’s Outstanding Performer for the month of November.

From the town of Bealeton in Virginia’s Fauquier County, U.S. Air Force Capt. Alexander Schloe, Family Medicine physician and medical director, 21st Medical Squadron, Schriever Family Health Clinic, wanted to be a doctor from a very young age.

Some TRICARE beneficiaries may be eligible for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, or FEDVIP. This program is managed by the Office of Personnel Management. If you're eligible, you can enroll in or change your dental and vision coverage during Federal Benefits Open Season.

TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your health care coverage for the next year. TRICARE Open Season 2023 is from Nov. 13 to Dec. 12, 2023. Enrollment changes made during TRICARE Open Season will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Are you feeling anxious or on edge? TRICARE covers mental health services that can help.

TRICARE covers both the MHS Nurse Advice Line and telemedicine services. This video will breakdown the key difference between the two services.