TRICARE, CHAMPVA, and TRICARE-For-Life

• What is the CHAMPVA program? View more
  Public Law 107-14 provides beneficiaries over age 65 of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with coverage secondary to Medicare under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA). CHAMPVA provides similarly attractive benefits to VA eligible beneficiaries as those benefits provided to uniformed services beneficiaries under the TRICARE or new TRICARE-for-Life programs.
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• Can an annuitant, survivor, or former spouse suspend his or her own FEHB coverage while allowing family members to continue coverage under the FEHB Program? View more
  No. If an annuitant, survivor, or former spouse suspends Self and Family coverage, the coverage of all family members is suspended as well.
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• If an annuitant passes away during his or her suspended FEHB enrollment, will his or her survivor be eligible to reenroll in the FEHB Program? View more
  As long as the annuitant was enrolled in Self and Family coverage when he/she suspended FEHB coverage and made arrangements to leave a survivor annuity, the survivor annuitant can reenroll in the FEHB Program under the same conditions as an annuitant.
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• Where can individuals go for more information about the CHAMPVA program? View more
  Information about CHAMPVA can be obtained by calling 1-800-733-8387 or by going to the Department of Veterans Affairs website at www.va.gov/hac.
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• My daughter begins basic training with the Air Force in February. Will I have to wait for the next Federal Benefits Open Season to remove her from my health insurance? View more
  It depends.  If your daughter is your only eligible family member and she acquires TRICARE, you may change your FEHB enrollment to self only based on this qualifying life event.  But if you must maintain a self and family enrollment to cover other family members, you may not remove your daughter from your enrollment.  FEHB will coordinate benefits with TRICARE.
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• Can an annuitant, survivor, or former spouse suspend his or her family members' FEHB coverage while remaining covered under the FEHB program? View more

  No. An annuitant, survivor, or former spouse can change to Self Only coverage, but this cancels all family members' coverage and takes away their future enrollment eligibility. Additionally, an annuitant, survivor, or former spouse can decrease enrollment to Self Plus One and only cover one eligible family member.

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