Tricare and PS in FL

I was wondering if any of you have Tricare for your insurance and if so have you got them to cover any of your plastic's after gastric bypass. If so I would love to hear from you good or bad. Thanks in advance.

I have Tricare and they do not cover any plastics.

I have read posts from many people on the main board who spoke about Tricare covering things like panniculectomy, TT and breast reductions. In each case however, there had to be medical reasons why the "reconstructive" surgery was performed; chronic rashes, back pain, etc. You may want to post this on the main board and see what kind of response you get. The Tricare policy dated August 2006 on plastic surgery states: ***B. Benefits are authorized for other surgeries when the surgery is determined to be a medically necessary procedure, integral to the restoration of an individual function (e.g., panniculectomy following a gastroplasty or a gastric bypass procedure). ***C. Benefits are limited to those cosmetic, reconstructive, and/or plastic surgery procedures performed no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the related accidental injury or surgical trauma occurred, except for authorized postmastectomy reconstructive breast surgery for which there is no time limitation between mastectomy and reconstruction. Also, special consideration will be given to cases involving children who may require a growth period. I found the policy at using the search term panniculectomy at http://manuals.tricare.osd.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=TMAManuals.DisplayManualSeriesInfo&Man ualSeries=POLICY&TP02=55#TP02 So start documenting everything. Red

Debbie, I sent you a private email.

I had a Tummy Tuck at the beginning of Dec. 2006, it was paid for by tricare. I documented Rashes, back issues the whole nine yards! Good Luck...