Spousal Healthcare?

[usdart]

Now that I am 100% P&T I heard my Wife can also get healthcare.

Is this true?

What will it cost?

How abot Dental and Vision for her?

I check on the CHAPVA (Ithink that is the acronym) and it is not very clear.

[Navy04]

I think that she will get Champ VA, but I don't know for sure. I hope to be 100% soon too, and I will need to know this stuff too. We have Tricare for her and the kids, but we live to far from base, so no one out here takes Prime, only Standard, and the Docs want us to pay an arm and a leg just to go to Dr.

[jbasser]

http://www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/champva/faqs.asp

Here is Glen Johnson explaining CHampVA to us: Great Guy and is the PAO for ChampVA.:http://svr-radio.com/images/11-16-11_Glenn_Johnson_ChampVA_edit.mp3

http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/vadip/VADIP_faq_v5.pdf It if for spouses and Kids of us 100 P and Ters. Metlife is the best one.

Here is ChampVA themselves telling us about the Dental Program. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/haditcom/2013/11/14/glen-johnson-of-champva-he-is-a-public-affairs-officer

At this time there is no vision plans for dependents. Maybe in the future.

Hope this helps. Jbasser

[georgiapapa]

Champva is great insurance. There are no premiums. The insurance is free. Although a couple of my wife's providers were not familiar with Champva, she has not had any problems with providers not accepting it. If your wife does not have any other insurance with prescription coverage, she can get 90 day prescriptions free through the Champva Meds by Mail program. She can also get 30 day prescriptions at low costs through a Champva program called Catamaran (formerly SXC) which is accepted by most pharmacies.

Sign her up ASAP. She can also get retroactive reimbursement for her out of pocket medical expenses back to the effective date of your 100% P&T award.

Good luck,

Georgiapapa