Enroll or Purchase a Plan

Health Plans

You must enroll or purchase the following health plans to participate.

• TRICARE Prime*
• TRICARE Prime Remote*
• TRICARE Prime Overseas*
• TRICARE Prime Remote Overseas*
• TRICARE Select
• TRICARE Select Overseas
• US Family Health Plan
• TRICARE Reserve Select
• TRICARE Retired Reserve
• TRICARE Young Adult 
• Continued Health Care Benefit Program  

*Active duty service members must enroll in TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Prime Remote, TRICARE Prime Overseas, or TRICARE Prime Remote Overseas based on the duty station.

Looking for TRICARE Open Season information?

Learn more about TRICARE Open Season.

Looking for TRICARE For Life information? 

You don’t have to enroll to use TRICARE For Life—coverage is automatic as long as you’re registered in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System and you have Medicare Part A and Part B.

Dental Plan

The TRICARE Dental Program is a voluntary dental insurance plan. Enrollment is separate from any of the health plan options.

Learn more about enrolling in the TRICARE Dental Program.

Enrolling After a Qualifying Life Event

You can only enroll in or change enrollment to TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select after a TRICARE Qualifying Life Event or during the annual fall TRICARE Open Season. However, you can purchase premium-based plans (TRICARE Reserve Select, TRICARE Retired Reserve, TRICARE Young Adult, and the Continued Health Care Benefit Program) at any time.

A QLE is a certain change in your life, such as marriage, birth of a child, or retirement from active duty, which may mean different TRICARE options are available to you. A QLE opens a 90-day period for you to make eligible enrollment changes.

If you want to enroll in or change your plan, you must:

• Make the enrollment changes within 90 days following the QLE.
• Pay any enrollment fees or premiums due during that period.

A QLE for one family member means all family members may make eligible enrollment changes.