WEBVTT 00:04.889 --> 00:07.400 Tricare helps foster , protect , 00:07.409 --> 00:10.069 sustain and restore health for people 00:10.079 --> 00:12.520 at all stages of life , with access to 00:12.529 --> 00:14.362 the hospitals and clinics of the 00:14.362 --> 00:16.362 Defense Health Agency and Tricare's 00:16.362 --> 00:18.529 robust network of civilian health care 00:18.529 --> 00:20.559 providers . Patients have access to 00:20.569 --> 00:23.040 global comprehensive and integrated 00:23.049 --> 00:25.780 care . So I became a Tricare 00:25.790 --> 00:29.120 beneficiary by birth . My mom is in the 00:29.129 --> 00:31.296 military and my father was also in the 00:31.296 --> 00:33.632 military . I am a college student at 00:33.643 --> 00:36.013 Florida A and M University this past 00:36.022 --> 00:38.133 spring . I actually graduated with my 00:38.133 --> 00:40.244 Bachelor's in business administration 00:40.244 --> 00:42.562 and I'm now in my MBA . I just use 00:42.573 --> 00:45.092 Tricare for really everything . You 00:45.103 --> 00:46.714 know , if I have any type of 00:46.714 --> 00:48.714 emergencies , I use them for that . 00:48.714 --> 00:50.902 Just my regular PC M checkups . I do 00:50.912 --> 00:53.182 that . Um I was an athlete . So when it 00:53.193 --> 00:55.533 came to receiving sports , physicals , 00:55.542 --> 00:57.598 anything , when it came to sports or 00:57.598 --> 00:59.486 going back to school , I had used 00:59.486 --> 01:01.598 Tricare for that , I really feel like 01:01.598 --> 01:03.653 they're very helpful and it's pretty 01:03.653 --> 01:05.542 smooth , you know , from start to 01:05.542 --> 01:08.055 finish . So we started in Charleston , 01:08.066 --> 01:11.606 South Carolina and from there , we went 01:11.615 --> 01:14.346 up to upstate New York and then we went 01:14.356 --> 01:16.523 out to Washington State , you know , I 01:16.523 --> 01:18.685 was Tricare South and now I'm Tricare 01:18.695 --> 01:22.066 East or Tricare West and I got assigned 01:22.075 --> 01:24.596 a new PC M and that was just pretty 01:24.606 --> 01:27.195 much straightforward and simple . There 01:27.206 --> 01:30.739 wasn't one thought of , I don't know if 01:30.750 --> 01:33.160 I can go there or maybe I should go to , 01:33.250 --> 01:35.361 you know , the urgent care instead of 01:35.361 --> 01:37.472 the cause it'll be cheaper . And that 01:37.472 --> 01:39.900 peace of mind is enough that I'm really 01:39.910 --> 01:42.639 afraid to retire . But there's , 01:42.650 --> 01:45.110 there's uh Tricare retiree . So I think 01:45.120 --> 01:47.009 I'll still be good . I'm based in 01:47.009 --> 01:49.176 Atlanta , Georgia . And so there isn't 01:49.176 --> 01:51.231 a military base nearby , so I cannot 01:51.231 --> 01:53.064 use a military base um and their 01:53.064 --> 01:55.120 facilities . So my daughter had just 01:55.120 --> 01:57.009 turned one , she's playing with a 01:57.009 --> 01:59.064 neighbor and they kind of fell , she 01:59.064 --> 02:01.287 broke her leg . And so we drove an hour 02:01.287 --> 02:03.287 to get her back to Atlanta to go to 02:03.287 --> 02:05.287 children's health care of Atlanta . 02:05.287 --> 02:07.453 They took great care of her . They had 02:07.453 --> 02:09.176 no problem accepting Tricare , 02:09.176 --> 02:11.398 everything was covered and it could not 02:11.398 --> 02:13.342 have been a better resolution to a 02:13.342 --> 02:15.398 terrible situation for us . And that 02:15.398 --> 02:17.453 was all because of drag there . It's 02:17.453 --> 02:19.676 huge because it allows you to deal with 02:19.676 --> 02:19.039 the situation . So once something 02:19.050 --> 02:21.039 happens , you can just get back to 02:21.110 --> 02:23.020 helping your family stabilize as 02:23.029 --> 02:25.279 opposed to having to be on the phone 02:25.289 --> 02:27.345 with insurance companies for hours . 02:27.345 --> 02:29.456 You also have the added peace of mind 02:29.456 --> 02:31.678 of being able to have some control over 02:31.678 --> 02:33.733 your providers , which I really am a 02:33.733 --> 02:35.845 fan of , I'm a big fan of choice when 02:35.845 --> 02:38.067 it comes to health care every day . The 02:38.067 --> 02:40.178 Defense health Agency and Tricare are 02:40.178 --> 02:42.122 making extraordinary experiences , 02:42.122 --> 02:44.011 ordinary and exceptional outcomes 02:44.011 --> 02:46.580 routine . We're working to improve the 02:46.589 --> 02:49.309 health of service members , retirees 02:49.330 --> 02:51.539 and their families around the world .