TRICARE, the health care program for active-duty service members, military retirees, reservists and their families, will drop more than a quarter of the pharmacies in its current network later this month, a move that will force an estimated 400,000 beneficiaries to find new pharmacies.
The program said nearly 15,000 independent, community pharmacies will no longer be in the TRICARE network as of October 24.The network will still include more than 40,000 pharmacies across the country.
Cypriot Navy special forces and U.S. Navy SEALs take part in a joint US-Cyprus rescue exercise in the port of the southern Cypriot port city of Limassol on Sept.
10, 2021. (Photo by IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/AFP via Getty Images) Military members and their families were notified about the drop in coverage last month.The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) said military families in rural areas will be most affected by the change, especially those already affected when Walmart/Sam's Club left the TRICARE network last year.