What is the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) benefit for survivors?
When a military sponsor dies on active duty or on active Guard or Reserve orders of more than 30 days, surviving family members enrolled in the TDP continue to receive these benefits for three years beginning the month following the servicemembers death. This TDP survivor benefit also applies to enrolled family members of Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve (early mobilization only) sponsors who die while called up, regardless of whether the sponsor was on active duty orders or enrolled in the TDP at the time of his or her death. Under this survivor program, the government will pay 100 percent of the premium. The requirement to be enrolled in the TDP at the time of the sponsors death is waived in limited circumstances. If the surviving family was enrolled previously but canceled because of a transfer to a duty station where dental care was provided under a program other than the TDP, the requirement is waived. At the time of death, the sponsor and the enrolled family members
