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April 14, 2025
Retirees living overseas should enroll in the TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP): TRICARE Select plan (under age of 65) or TRICARE For Life plan (65 or older). TRICARE is made easy in Korea due to it's many world-class medical facilities having International Service Centers to manage TRICARE claims filing for you. Retirees may seek out any overseas civilian provider without a referral. If a provider does not have an International Service Center, expect to pay the full amount and then submit a claim for reimbursement. Warning: out-of-network or nonparticipating TRICARE providers can charge any amount they wish for care, but TRICARE only reimburses the allowed amount. Watch what you pay. Non-retired veterans, you can use VA FMP.
Covering retirees, family members, and other eligible beneficiaries in the overseas region.
TFL is Medicare-wraparound coverage when you turn 65 and have enrolled in Medicare Part A and B.
Retirees and family members overseas under 65 and not eligible for TFL are enrolled in TRICARE SELECT.
The TRICARE Plus Program allows retirees to register at their hospital and be assigned a PCM.
Retirees in Korea have several possible options to refill their prescription medications.
The Military Health System's modern electronic health record that provides a single health record.
The TRICARE Overseas Secure Claims Portal is the fastest and most secure way to submit a claim.
The TRICARE Guy with exhaustively researched information of the entire TRICARE system.
Historical facts and information of how TRICARE came to be.
TRICARE providers, offices, contacts and POC's in Korea, as well as other contacts & Resources
Explaining TRICARE Deductible, Co-pay and Catastrophic Caps
How does spouse retain TRICARE if sponsor has not yet turned 62, Social Security eligible?
How does an ineligible Medicare spouse get TFL?
List of TRICARE networked hospitals in Korea, including those with International Service Centers
Information about un-remarried former spouse benefits when falling under specific guidelines
Poppin' Smoke travel blog has a great writeup on using TRICARE while traveling overseas
