Exclusive: “We can’t even see our 12 year old daughter’s birthday”: Army’s health care system withholds childrens’ data from parents

Tricare, one of the health insurance providers for military families, allows children as young as 12 years old to opt out of sharing health information with their parents, a group of military spouses told the Washington Reporter.

“If we had a 12+ year old kid, we’d be unable to access their records if our child opted us out,” one military wife said. “They could feasibly get insurance-covered gender transition procedures done without our ability to see what their doctors are doing paperwork wise.”

TriCare policies obtained by the Reporter confirm that “dependents 12-18 must give authorization for anyone (even the parent!) to access their medical records.”

“Birth control, STD panels, etc we wouldn’t be able to access or see while our child would be able to get access to stuff like that,” a military spouse said. In a chat for military spouses, reviewed by the Reporter, one noted that “I can’t even make [her daughter] an appointment, but I have to be there with her at an apt and check her in 😂.”

“Half these kids aren’t even responsible enough to take out the trash or put away their dishes, let alone sign a form about their medical care,” she added. When the mother looked to see what of her daughter’s information she had access to, she said, “I can’t see anything online…not even her birthday…her name comes up on my drop down menu where my name and [other younger] kids are, but when I click hers, it’s like there’s no info.”

A special forces veteran told the Reporter that “the fact that any child under 18 on parents insurance has the ability to block their parents from medical decisions is insane.” He added that “for the DOD to pull this on a population that has given so much without any lobby protecting them on these issues is low.”

“Like the opening of the Stassi secret files following the fall of the Wall, the fall of the Biden administration is revealing the extent to which the trans lobby seized control or was given control over the executive branch,” a health care expert told the Reporter. 

The email listed by the National Guard to contact TriCare bounced when contacted by the Reporter.