Mandatory mail order begins for Tricare seniors

[enlightenment]

1. My parents absolutely loved

the mail-order program. Not only did they not have to worry about getting to a pharmacy, they were able to get larger quantities of their medications. Instead of 30 days, they usually got a 60 (sometimes 90) day supply.
My dad had cancer the last eight years of his life, treated with Gleevec - that was a once-a-day pill. Came in the mail and not one time was it ever late.
Drugs that needed to be refrigerated arrived in individual Styrofoam containers, packed with cold packs, usually within 48 hours of ordering.

If they had a transitory illness - a respiratory infection or such - we took their prescriptions to local pharmacies, but for the regular meds (and between them, they took about eight different kinds), mail-order was the process.

I think the Admiral is right; once people realize how it works, they'll be very happy with mail order.