TRICARE Payment Change Effective Jan. 1, 2013 and Early Identification Date Benefit

Published Dec. 20, 2012

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, TRICARE will only accept monthly premium payments using recurring automatic payments by credit /debit card or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from a linked bank account. For those enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) and TRICARE Reserve Retired (TRR), you must comply by Jan. 1, 2013 to avoid potential loss of coverage for you and your family. Visit TRICARE's website for more information: http://www.tricare.mil/mediacenter/news.aspx?fid=751.

As an additional reminder, Reservists are entitled to early TRICARE for up to 180 days prior to their activation, for orders of more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation. This benefit is called Early Identification Date TRICARE (EID-TRICARE). For members to receive the maximum benefit, it is essential to receive orders as early as possible. Visit TRICARE's website for more information: http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/overview/SpecialPrograms/PreActBenefitNGR.

A briefing is also available on the AFRC Portal, "Timely Activation Orders for EID-TRICARE Benefits" https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af/USAF/ep/globalTab.do?channelPageId=s6925EC13560D0FB5E044080020E329A9.