VA health care and Medicare. Understand your choices.

Tell us which benefits you use

VA health care, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA are different programs. Bring details of your actual coverage, along with any Medicare coverage you have. That gives the conversation the right starting point.

Think about where you receive care

VA health care and Medicare have different roles. Discuss where you currently receive treatment, whether you want access to care outside the VA, and which prescriptions you fill through each system.

Questions worth asking

• How do my current benefits work alongside Medicare?
• What should I understand about care outside the VA?
• What costs would I be adding, and what would the coverage do?
• Which enrollment questions should I verify with Medicare or the VA?

You deserve an explanation that fits your benefits, rather than a recommendation based only on veteran status.