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News from Our Partners: TRICARE - Qualifying Life Events

 
Outside of Open Season, beneficiaries can only enroll in or make changes to their TRICARE health plan if they experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE). 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. When you retire from Active Duty, you and your family members have 90 days to enroll in a health plan. Otherwise, you will only be eligible for care at a military hospital or clinic; at which point, you can only enroll in a plan during Open Season or following another QLE. If you don’t enroll in a TRICARE health plan within 90 days of retirement, you may request a retroactive enrollment within 12 months of your retirement date. 

To learn more, visit https://www.tricare.mil/LifeEvents/Retiring 

Page last updated on Dec 18, 2019