Re: military doctors

[Guest guest]

Military doctors cannot and will not provide care to non military

dependent civilians! Active duty service members and their dependent

family members are the only ones authorized care in a Military

Treament Facility. Overseas some civilians who are under a DoD

contract are also authorized.

CPT BOB

>

> My husband or soon to be ex-husband is military. He decided to file

> for divorce at the end of last year and I was very upset about the

> divorce and very upset about the fact of not being able to get my

> surgery because I knew I would never be able to afford it and I had

> been in braces for over a year preparing for the surgery. Well The

> divorce is almost final and I was lucky enough to get my surgery

done

> free before it was finalized. Atleast I got something good out of

this

> marriage! But anyways I was thinking for those who cant get medical

to

> pay for their surgery, I heard....remember just heard so not 100%,

> that military doctors will do civilians and they do have to pay for

> the service but at a huge discount compared to other doctors. i

didnt

> have the choice of who did my surgery or anything like that but I

had

> researched them and found out that most military hospitals at least

> mine did, have one of the best surgical and plastic surgeon teams

in

> the US. So i thought I might mention this just incase this could be

> another option if you cant get your insurance to cover it. If

anything

> it doesnt hurt to try to find out just incase they do do it for a

> fraction of the cost, and my doctor was VERY good I think.