Thank you all that responded, here's why I asked. I took my kids on vacation, and one child got sick. When I called my ex-wife for the insurance information, she said she had Tricare insurance through her boyfriend who is a sgt. in the army. When I went to the pharmacy to get the childs prescription filled, I gave them the ID# my ex had given me over the phone. The pharmacist had to call Tricare to get approval to fill the prescription, and he asked me for the sponsors (my ex's boyfriend's) full name and birth date. I called the ex back and got the info about her boyfriend, and it was approved, and the prescription was filled. How can my kids possibly be in Tricare since my ex, at least to my knowledge has not married this man, and there is no way he could have adopted them. Something doesn't seem right here. Or did she marry him and kep it hush hush. Still doesn't explain the kid's eligibility though. Any ideas?
2007-08-14 16:26:41 · 13 answers · asked by productofsociety 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
no one can get tricare without being enrolled and you HAVE to be married to a soldier to be enrolled...unless she is in the military
2007-08-14 16:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would say they are married. It would be impossible to enroll the kids without either providing proof (a birth certificate or court order) naming him as the father or without a marriage certificate. I won't say it couldn't happen, but it is highly unlikely. Once they were married, the military member can enroll them in Tricare if he chooses to..it would not be automatic as it would be for a child the two of them had...and he could disenroll them if they divorce. I would think it is time for a talk with the ex.
2007-08-15 00:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless he has married your ex then he cannot be claiming your children. If they are not married then you definitely need to report that because as it stands you are an accessory to this now since you used the service while your child was in your care. You need to get this figured out before it lands you in hot water too. From Tricare's website:
Dependents
• You may cover your:
• wife or husband, including a common-law wife or husband in those states that recognize common-law marriages.
• unmarried children under 19 years of age.
• unmarried children under age 25 who are full-time students in actual attendance at an accredited educational institution, are not working on a regular full-time basis, and depend on you for support.
• any child over the maximum age who is determined to be incapable of self-support due to a handicap. Proof of handicap must be submitted to Aetna no later than 31 days after the maximum age is reached. See Child With Disabilities section.
Your children include:
• Your biological children.
• Your adopted children.
• Your step children who either live with you or are dependent upon you for support.
• Any other child who is not your biological, adopted, or step child, but who lives with you and is dependent upon you for financial support. Evidence proving dependency is required in the form of documentation of legal guardianship or inclusion of the child on your income taxes.
http://www.usmc-mccs.org/employees/downloads/2006_Aetna_TC_SPD.pdf
For the person above: it doesn't matter whether you have 1 dependent or 20, the allowance for housing and COLA etc is the same. There is a set rate for with dependents and without dependents. Just being married gets you the with dependents rate, having a child/children does not get you more money.
2007-08-14 16:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by moira77 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
shes married to him, trust me on this.....i was already pregnant with my daughter when my husband and i got married and i couldnt even get tricare to cover my pregnancy until we were married and it was HIS child, they told me that the baby would automatically be covered as soon as she was born but they could do nothing for me. however if they are married and she has custody of the children then he can enroll them in deers and get them on tricare. are any of the kids over 10? if so the easy way to find out is to ask them if they have an ID card....all dependents over 10 have to have them.
2007-08-15 02:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by CRmac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HUN can assure you she is scamming either the Tricare and the sh*y pile when that falls is very bad or she is scamming you.........either way under NO circumstances can some gf EVER be covered by tricare.....so you are left with the two options she is scamming someone.
And they ask for the SSn of the sponsor when they call tricare from a pharmacist outside of the military network so maybe you now have that in your hand..........IF you do then you can contact tricare on line and ensure that you are not being dragged into a little scam, called defrauding the government.
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Moria below me, Hun they can place step kids on the DEERS programme, both mine are covered under this and their father has NO idea where they are or cares and most certainly was NOT notified about it......so long as mum has custody then that's all he would need along with birth certificates etc
2007-08-14 16:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by candy g 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
she married him. you cannot be entered onto a Page two without a marriage certificate, and the kids couldn't get on by themselves unless HIS name was on their birth certificates.
as long as she has primary custody and they live with the servicemember at least half time, they would be eligible for TRICARE.
2007-08-15 02:32:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She's married to him. And he has entered the children as his lawful dependents into the DEERS (Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System) data base, giving them eligibility for medical care. However, if she is not married to him and he has declared the children as his dependents, he's committing fraud against the government.
It wouldn't be the first case of such fraud. DEERS was started because over 50% of people receiving care at an Air Force hospital in Texas weren't eligible for such care. I think you need to have a little chat with the nearest office of the FBI.
2007-08-14 16:40:32 · answer #7 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I would say she did marry him because the military doesn't give any benefits to live ins, or girl/boy friends. The kids could not be covered unless he filled out the paperwork and he would have to show a marriage certificate to get all these benefits for his new family. They don't have to be adopted because stepkids are covered.
2007-08-14 16:37:24 · answer #8 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
If they are his kids, even if he did not marry the mom, he can claim them as his dependents and get them on DEERS and Tricare. If they are not his kids but at one time they were his dependents maybe he never took the kids of Tricare.That would benefit him because the more dependents you have (up to 2) the more money he gets for housing allowance and COLA
2007-08-14 16:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by Navyexwife 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
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2016-08-24 12:10:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋