Posts by elus0814

Quote: Originally Posted by jorona Ditto to this along with added info. I switched to Standard in order to get a larger Tricare payment for my midwife who is actually not even a CNM or in-network. She's a CPM and what...

It's phonics all the way. We used it for about 30 lessons and went to something else. It's really dry and boring. The parent must learn all their special symbols first and every single word is scripted. They even script responses to...

Quote: Originally Posted by mbhf Yes, it is illegal, but the midwife doesn't have to accept tricare payment period and her accepting what tricare pays is generally a big favor to the client who otherwise would have to...

Quote: Originally Posted by nia82 I thought you can only see out of network providers if you switch to Standard. An acquaintance did that for her homebirth and Tricare reimbursed $1500 for her homebirth midwife....

Quote: Originally Posted by mntnmom If you're an active duty spouse, as far as I know, you can still be seen on post if you switch to standard. We're overseas, so it may be different. But talk to your tricare rep to be...

Quote: Originally Posted by luv-my-boys Dont give up. We had a similar situation but not ob/gyn related. We are tricare prime as well and they kept trying to send Ds to "in network" providers but the thing...

My DD sells girl scout cookies and she's 5. She goes up to the door with me standing behind her and she makes her pitch. She sold hundreds of boxes like that this year and raised a ton of money that her troop really needed since some of...

Quote: Originally Posted by anielasmommy09 oh so those filters are reverse osmosis? i didnt know that...how many moths would you say those filters last on the berkey? how much do the filters cost? They're not...

For the past few weeks I've been trying to get tricare to give me a referral for my homebirth midwife. I'm on prime and she's an "out of network" provider. I will go to her anyway, even if it means switching to standard, but I...

We ran into the same issue when we moved. We had lived in NY where the cutoff is Dec. 1st and DD attended preschool (at a parochial school) there and was told she was ready for kindergarten. Then we moved to DH's new assignment here in...