The National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2017, and subsequent implementing regulations (
e.g.,
§ 199.17 of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations), established rates for TRICARE beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses and how they may be increased by the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) percentage used to increase military retired pay or via budget neutrality rules. The CY 2027 retiree COLA increase is 3.6%.
The DHA has updated the CY 2027 out-of-pocket expenses as shown below:
( printed page 72859)
( printed page 72860)
( printed page 72861)
Dated: November 9, 2026.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.