I also have my husband as a patient with the civilian doctor I see as a backup to the VA. He got a real bad cough and I sent him to a urgent care for the chest X-ray and the antibiotic prescription he ended up getting. It was all covered. I’m a nurse and have been working the past ten years navigating the VA, tricare, and Medicare coverage and networks for my husband, myself and other family members. Each year I read and update myself on the different coverages, don’t throw the books away. The biggest mistake people many is they don’t read and know what is covered, what doctors and facilities are in or out of network. That makes a big differences if it’s covered or you’re going to have to pay for it out of pocket. I had my husband do an appointment with his VA doctors in Wichita just before he came down so he had enough meds for 3 months. As soon as we got here, like the next day, went right over to the VA clinic got all of his new patient appointments. He has had no brake in service. Make sure you and you wife get your change of address in to express scripts as soon as you know your new address and the day you close on your home here and have your mailbox key so your meds don’t get hung up if you use home delivered for meds. That’s why I made sure we both had 90 day supply of our meds, it made the move easier.
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