Assuring TRICARE Coverage of Preventive Health Services for Women Beneficiaries of the Military Health System
Abstract
The primary role of the Military Health System is to assure readiness by protecting the health of the force by providing expert care to wounded, ill, and injured service members. In addition to this mission, the Military Health System (both directly through its own personnel and indirectly, through TRICARE) provides health services to millions of military family members, retirees, and their dependents. Women’s preventive health services are an important part of comprehensive health care to reduce rates of disease and premature death and were included in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expanded coverage of women’s preventive health services, based on the best available evidence and guidelines. These guidelines were updated by the Health Resources and Services Administrations and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2016. However, TRICARE is not subject to the ACA, and therefore, TRICARE’s provisions or the access of TRICARE’s female beneficiaries to women’s preventive health services was not directly changed by the ACA. This report compares women’s reproductive health care coverage under TRICARE with coverage available to women enrolled in civilian health insurance plans subject to the 2010 ACA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usac224
Entities
People
- Catherine Witkop
- Elizabeth A. Kostas-polston
- Linda C Degutis
- Sara Rosenbaum
- Susan F Wood
Organizations
- George Washington University
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Yale School of Public Health