Retirees to Pay More for Tricare Pharmacy Copays, Enrollment in 2022 – By Patricia Kime (Military.com) / Sept 20 2021
Military families and retirees who use retail pharmacies or the Tricare mail-order delivery system for their medications will see an increase in copayments in 2022, according to a notice to be published Tuesday in the Federal Register.
Likewise, military retirees still considered to be working age — those under age 65 who are not old enough for Medicare and Tricare for Life — can expect to pay more in health care enrollment fees, although the exact amount of the bump has yet to be determined.
Prescriptions for all Tricare beneficiaries at retail pharmacies will cost $14 for a 30-day supply for a generic drug, up from $11; $38 for a brand-name medication, up from $33; and $68 for a non-formulary drug not listed in Tricare’s list of covered medications, up from $60.
Eligible patients can save money by using military pharmacies, which charge no copayments, or they can trim costs of regularly prescribed medications by using Tricare’s mail-order pharmacy, managed by Express Scripts.
