As open enrollment season is here, many of our members may be wondering if your VA or TRICARE benefits has any effect on your AT&T Benefits.

BLUF – AT&T healthcare coverage does not have any effect on VA or TRICARE health care benefits.

If you are enrolled in the VA healthcare system, your VA health coverage fulfills the Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage requirement, the VA encourages veterans to keep private insurance – like AT&T’s – which covers non service connected issues, isn’t restricted by Congressional funding, nor has a priority based system. Learn more about VA Healthcare and Other Insurance HERE

Our members that are eligible for TRICARE may also continue to maintain enrollment in both, or one, healthcare plan. However if you are enrolled into a TRICARE plan, you are no longer eligible for HSAs such as the one AT&T provides. By federal law, TRICARE pays after all other insurance including AT&T’s healthcare plans. If you decide to enroll in both AT&T healthcare and TRICARE, ensure your medical provider lists AT&T’s as the primary and TRICARE as the secondary for proper coordination of benefits. Learn more about coordination of benefits between TRICARE and Other insurance here.

AT&T Veterans are not have tax specialists. This blog post is purely informational and current as of October 2022. Please consult your financial advisor, tax specialist or personnel office for your personal situation.