Eligibility

You must show as eligible for TRICARE in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.

  • Update DEERS online or call 800-538-9552.
  • List your physical address in DEERS.
  • If you live overseas and have an APO/FPO/DPO address, list it as your mailing address.

Prescription drug coverage is available to:

  • Active duty service members and their family members
  • Activated National Guard and Reserve members and their family members
  • Retired service members and their family members
  • Retired National Guard and Reserve members (age 60 and above and receiving retired pay) and their family members
  • Survivors, widows, widowers, and certain former spouses
  • Medal of Honor recipients and their family members
  • Beneficiaries using the following plans:
    • TRICARE Prime
    • TRICARE Select
    • TRICARE Reserve Select
    • TRICARE Retired Reserve
    • TRICARE Young Adult
    • Continued Health Care Benefit Program
  • Other beneficiaries including foreign force members and their family members

Are you eligible for Medicare? You may be required to have Medicare Part B. Learn more.

Last Updated 5/22/2025