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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The fiscal 2007 defense authorization act includes a
provision to prevent the Defense Department from increasing Tricare
beneficiary costs such as Tricare Prime or Tricare Standard fees, Tricare
Reserve Select premiums, or pharmacy copays. The ban, however, would apply
only to fiscal 2007. The act also cancelled an earlier effort to require use
of the TMOP (Tricare mail order pharmacy) for refills of maintenance drugs.
In addition, it did not include previous plans to eliminate copays for drugs
ordered through the TMOP and to require drug suppliers to give retail
pharmacies price discounts similar to those given to the TMOP system. |
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