Military & Medicare
Military-connected
TRICARE For Life or VA health care in the picture. Read what changes before the birthday month.
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A chart for Medicare in San Diego County
Make sense of Medicare in San Diego County. Find your next step.
Know your dates before you set out.
Medicare has a few dates that decide a great deal and a great many voices telling you what to do. This site draws your dates from a birth month, names the free counseling nearby, and shows the written rule behind every date.
Open Enrollment is underway: October 15 to December 7. Changes take effect January 1.
San Diego County · A useful next step
Care here. Clarity wherever life takes you.
Prepare for an appointment, time away, or coordination with military benefits. Take specific questions to the right office.
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Prepare for an appointment
A visit checklist and a question to ask before you go.
Prepare my next step 02Coordinate Medicare and work coverage
Questions for the benefits office and Social Security.
Prepare my next step 03Review before changing coverage
A clear list to verify before any switch.
Prepare my next stepNo account or personal details needed. Prefer to talk with someone?
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Where are you today?
San Diego County has an unusually large military-connected community, so Medicare here often runs alongside TRICARE or VA care. Start with the situation that fits you today, or with the dates — they are the same for everyone.
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What is local here
The county offices, the numbers and the military lane that no other page carries. The shared tools follow below.
San Diego County HICAP
Free, confidential, one-on-one Medicare counseling through the County of San Diego Aging & Independence Services. Not affiliated with any plan or agent.
English · Español · + interpreters
Aging & Independence Services call center
The county front door for older adults and caregivers: information, referral, in-home support and how to reach a HICAP counselor.
English · Español · + interpreters
TRICARE — Medicare-eligible beneficiaries
Official TRICARE rules for how Medicare and TRICARE For Life work together, and the TRICARE For Life contractor line.
English
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Chart your dates
Three answers. No name, no full birthday, nothing sent anywhere.