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Originally Posted by F16 1UB
I'm retired military & my wife & I are enrolled in Tricare Standard but soon I'll be eligible for medicare. Can you provide any advice as to my next step/s?
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We went to the Retiree Appreciation event Saturday in Orlando, and got some good information there.
At age 65 you will automatically be enrolled in Medicare Part A. You must also enroll in Part B and pay the premium for Part B.
Then you take your new Medicare card to an ID Card office. At age 65 you must get a new ID card. At the same time show them your new Medicare card so that DEERS can be updated. Then on your 65th birthday you will be in Tricare for Life.
There are ID card offices at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, at MacDill in Tampa, and at the Naval Station in Orlando, next to the airport. Go before your birthday. You will need an appointment, which you can make on-line.
Once you are on Tricare For Life, between Medicare and Tricare all your expenses are covered. You will only have a few small drug co-pays, and not even that if you get generic at Express Scripts. Medicare pays for chiropractic, but TFL does not, so you would still pay 20% for that.
DO NOT enroll in any other supplement. DO NOT get a Medicare Part D Plan. Those will only mess up your situation.