 Changes are coming to tricare beneficiaries who take certain brand name to medications. They will be required to fill prescriptions at a military facility or through a mail-in program instead of a retail pharmacy beginning October 1st. Beneficiaries will receive a letter from tricare in September with instructions to the new process. The new tricare policy stems from the 2013 National Defense Organization Act and is designed to reduce spending costs. The program is expected to save tricare recipients more than $16.5 million in reduced co-pays and save the Department of Defense $88 million in the first year. For more information about the upcoming tricare policy, visit defense.gov.