https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/wondering-about-tricare-coverage-for-my-family-after-enlisting-is-it-immediately-effective-or-after-we-are-stationed-and-through-deers <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Returning as a married soldier and I&#39;m new to the family side of the army. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:18:12 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/wondering-about-tricare-coverage-for-my-family-after-enlisting-is-it-immediately-effective-or-after-we-are-stationed-and-through-deers <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Returning as a married soldier and I&#39;m new to the family side of the army. SPC Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:18:12 -0500 2024-02-19T14:18:12-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/wondering-about-tricare-coverage-for-my-family-after-enlisting-is-it-immediately-effective-or-after-we-are-stationed-and-through-deers?n=8669158&urlhash=8669158 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe this may help: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/Toolkits/DEERS#:~:text=What%20is%20DEERS%3F,who%20are%20eligible%20for%20TRICARE">https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/Toolkits/DEERS#:~:text=What%20is%20DEERS%3F,who%20are%20eligible%20for%20TRICARE</a>. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/Toolkits/DEERS#:~:text=What%20is%20DEERS%3F">DEERS%23:~:text=What%2520is%2520DEERS%253F</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> PO1 H Gene Lawrence Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:47:38 -0500 2024-02-19T14:47:38-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/wondering-about-tricare-coverage-for-my-family-after-enlisting-is-it-immediately-effective-or-after-we-are-stationed-and-through-deers?n=8669324&urlhash=8669324 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You could be asking two different questions - What does it go into effect and when does it get reflected in the system?<br /><br />The answer to the second is what you mentioned - they have to be registered in DEERS.<br /><br />The answer to the first is slightly a bit more complicated. Joining the military is what&#39;s called a &quot;qualifying life event&quot; (QLE) in &#39;health plan enrollment speak&#39;. Simple put, a QLE is when your eligibility for health coverage changes due to a life event (joining the military/starting a new job, getting married, birth of a child, etc.)<br /><br />The day you enlisted, you and your family became eligible for coverage.<br /><br />However, you only have a certain amount of time that TRICARE will allow you to register for a QLE and &#39;back-pay&#39; a claim (90 days for CONUS and 120 days if OCONUS).<br /><br />Your family SHOULD be auto-enrolled in TRICARE Prime once they are registered in DEERS, and you have until that 90-day windows form the QLE date to change it (for them) to TRICARE Select. I said &quot;should&quot; because it depends on your location and if your covered by TRICARE Price, Prime remote, etc.<br /><br />Bottom line: Get your family registered in DEERS and then complete the registration for TRICARE (whichever plan works best for your family) and don&#39;t assume that you&#39;ll be auto-enrolled, because you don&#39;t want the bureaucratic headaches down the road if you chose TRICARE Prime and the enrollment didn&#39;t automatically go through. COL Randall C. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:51:15 -0500 2024-02-19T16:51:15-05:00 2024-02-19T14:18:12-05:00