Health Care
Understanding TRICARE Coverage for Your Young Adult Dependent
TRICARE’s lack of coverage for young adults can lead to confusion regarding eligibility and coverage for military kids transitioning to adulthood.
As MOAA’s Director of Government Relations for Health Affairs, Karen Ruedisueli advocates for legislation and policy to protect the uniformed services health care benefit, including TRICARE and the direct care system of military hospitals and clinics. She builds relationships on Capitol Hill and with DoD leaders, TRICARE contractors, and fellow advocates to advance solutions to Military Health System issues and ensure transparency and accountability in policy implementation. She also advises MOAA’s Health Care Board Committee.
TRICARE’s lack of coverage for young adults can lead to confusion regarding eligibility and coverage for military kids transitioning to adulthood.
MOAA has fought the plan to ax billets for years. It remains a threat to your health care and our nation’s military readiness.
MOAA’s advocacy work shows results on multiple fronts, but the threat to your benefit hasn’t gone away.
"[Our children] need therapy to deal with living with the effects of war. We had to cut our son’s therapy in half because TRICARE doubled our copay."
Get the latest on this multiyear process, and learn how MOAA continues to fight for your access to quality care.
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