US spends a lot of money on health care activities when compared with the other countries of the world. It has wide options of health care arranged for various sections of people. One of such remarkable managed system is the Tricare. The managed health care component for the health system of the defense military system of US is known as Tricare system. This was earlier known as civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services.

Tricare aims at providing health benefits for military staff, retirees from the department and their dependants as well as some of the Reserve component members. The activities of Tricare are managed by Tricare management activity and are under the authority of health affairs.