Official - Adjective. 1  As an adjective, official often, but not always, means pertaining to the government, as state employee or having state recognition, or analogous to governance or to a formal (especially legally regulated) proceeding as opposed to informal business.
Tricare (styled TRICARE), formerly known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System.
Q: What type of health insurance do members of Congress receive? Is it a single-payer, government-run system? A: Until 2014, members of Congress were covered by private insurance under the same system that covers all federal workers. (Note: This item is no longer current. It was accurate at the time it was written in 2009, when the Affordable Care Act was being debated.