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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard that lots of enlisted military wives are doing this to supplement their incomes, especially while husbands are gone on missions. It's quite hard for such military wives to develop careers as they move pretty often.

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I am an retired enlisted wife and I have never heard of it.  Tricare is very generous depending what but there are not lots of enlisted women doing it.[/quote]

I'm the wife of a retired officer and I have known women (both wives of SNCOs) that have done it.   In fact, both the women I know who did it, did it twice.

Personally, I don't think Tricare should allow coverage, unless of course the intended parents were also covered under Tricare.[/quote]

What difference does it make to you?  The purpose of insurance is to provide health care to a covered person and treatment for that person's body.  So if the baby in the surrogate's stomach belongs to another couple, her husband or even a rapist, the insurance covers HER body - not the baby in her tummy.  No sweat off your back.  [/quote]

But surrogacy is different in that the surrogate is paid. [b]Arguably she should have to repay her insurance for what it paid toward maternity from what her earned as a surrogate. [/b] But as long as everything is represented accurately to the insurer and there is no fraud, it is up to the insurer to decide, I guess. [/quote]

No, it does not matter why you need medical care unless the specific condition you present with is SPECIFICALLY excluded by your insurance company.  A prostitute is also paid.  Since a prostitute is paid, should her pregnancy not be covered by insurance?  Since treatment for drug addiction be covered by those who are born addicts vs. those who become addicts later in life?  All of these whys and how someone got to where they are irrelevant unless its specifically excluded by your insurance contract.  No-one is getting over or defrauding anyone.  And your insurance rates aren't going up because of surrogacy.  Look elsewhere for that explanation.
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