TRICARE eligibility covers which group?

• A. Civilian workers
• B. Contractors
• C. Hospitals
• D. Military personnel and their dependents, with coverage administered by contractors.

Answer: (D)

TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members and their families. Eligibility is limited to military personnel and their dependents—active duty members, those in the National Guard or Reserve on active duty orders, retirees and their families, survivors, and certain others connected to the armed forces. The actual coverage is delivered through regional contracts with civilian organizations that administer the plans, handle enrollment, networks, claims, and care coordination. So the group that is eligible is military personnel and their dependents, with the coverage administered by contractors. Civilian workers or hospitals aren’t the eligible group, and contractors act as administrators rather than beneficiaries.