Tricare Questions!

• 09-08-2008 10:25 AM

  Ctink8189 Joined on 09-03-2008 Fort Riley, KS Posts 291

  Tricare Questions! Reply Contact Hello everyone, I am pregnant with baby number 2 and i'm due in May. During my last pregnancy I was on medicaid so pretty much everything was covered. Now this time around I am on Tricare and I am a little nervous about the costs of everything. If anyone has already gone through a pregnancy while on Tricare, please let me know how good the coverage was. Appts, Prescriptions, and actual delivery. My husband gets deployed next month, so my daughter and I will be moving back home while he is gone, so we will not be on a military base during any of it. Any responses would be helpful! Thanks ladies

• 09-08-2008 12:14 PM

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  Jamie2544778 Joined on 05-22-2008 Elk Grove, CA Posts 497

  Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact My ex husband is a marine so my first 3 kids were born on Tricare and still have it. Basically if you are living within an hour of a base that has a hospital with a maternity ward and nursery they will send you to that base to deliver. It doesn't matter what part of the military you are or what branch the base is. So if your Airforce and a Naval base is nearby they could send you to the naval base. However, if nothing is within a half an hour drive or if you have a specific doctor you want, then Tricare can approve a civilian doctor and hospital. If Tricare does approve it and the Doctor accepts Tricare then everything will be covered just like the military. The only thing you may have to pay a little for is any prescriptions which run about 13 dollars. Also your older child will be covered the same. Just remember that Tricare doesn't just automatically cover you if you move from state to state. You have to go in and register again if you move from California to Ohio for example. So don't expect coverage to automatically follow you. Call your Tricare system and see what you'll need to transfer and if you can do it once you have your new address and make sure you have all of your paperwork handy and not packed away. Also make sure your husband has all of the paper work filled out on his end before he leaves. I hope this helps, congratulations on your new bundle and good luck with everything :)

• 09-08-2008 2:40 PM

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  Mary101008 Joined on 02-12-2008 Posts 345

  Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact I would go talk to your Tricare representative on base before your husband deploys to make sure all of the paperwork is taken care of.  It may be as easy as changing your address but they would know more about that.  I am on Tricare and they pay 100% but I am near a base and am on Tricare Prime.  You may need to be on Tricare standard to be able to seek care near your parents.  I think in that case you will have to pay some out of pocket.  You can also go to the Tricare website and see what the coverage is.  Good luck with your pregnancy!

• 09-25-2008 6:48 AM

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  Janette3020874 Joined on 09-25-2008 Posts 1	Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact I am a pregnant active Duty Navy Corpsman, on a Marine Corps base, also married to a Marine. As long as you are enrolled in DEERS and into Tricare prime and move your home address to where ever you are going to be living everything will be covered. If you have any other tricare or military medical questions feel free to contact me. Janette

• 09-25-2008 1:06 PM

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  ~ lisamarie ~ Joined on 02-26-2006 Caden born Oct. 2006 Posts 286

  Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact I too had my DS while my DH was in the Marines. I had Tricare Prime and everything was covered 100% as pp said. As for you moving, all it should take is a call to tricare for them to move/change your PCP to one where you are moving to. AS a pp said, if there is a base nearby, you will go there. If not, they will refer you to a civilian dr. but still cover everything. GL to you!

• 10-01-2008 10:18 AM

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  happymomma Joined on 09-21-2008 Florida Posts 154

  Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact My husband is in the Air Force and I have Tricare Prime, when I had my daughter absolutely everything was covered. I did do all my care through the base hospital OB office. It was a little confusing when we PCS'ed when I was 36 weeks along, I had to carry all my records and head straight into see a Tricare rep. as soon as I arrived. I am now 5 weeks pregnant with baby #2 and am still on Tricare prime, I will be heading in tomorrow for my OB orientation (why I have to do this again since I already had a baby with them I don't know)

• 10-12-2008 6:53 PM

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  Susan+3 Joined on 10-12-2008 Ft. Drum, NY Posts 97

  Re: Tricare Questions! Reply Contact Yes, definitely go to your local Tricare office! Tricare has different regions, and you need to let them know you will or will not be going to a new region. When you move, your PCM (Primary Care Manager) will have to change to a local doctor there. It can be your OB/GYN - or if it has to be a general physician, that physician can give you a referral to an OB/GYN. Tricare should cover everything even if you are not on the base/post you're stationed at. But you DO have to get a PCM that's approved by Tricare (a referral, however, if you have to have one, can be any doctor). God bless!