The military retiree dental plan will go away at the end of this year. If you want to continue coverage, you must enroll in one of the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) plans. The upside is that we will now have vision insurance as well as dental.
The 2019 FEDVIP plans and premiums are now available. I’ve reviewed several of the plans and there are multiple options, and almost all of them are less expensive than the old dental plan. In fact, depending on what you need, it may be less expensive for you to have both dental and vision insurance than it was to just carry dental insurance under the old military provided plan.
You can compare both dental and vision plans at tricare.benefeds.com.