{"id":1478486,"date":"2022-05-17T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478486"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T20:00:00","slug":"fact-check-will-tricare-provide-free-baby-formula-and-ship-it-directly-to-anyone-who-applies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-will-tricare-provide-free-baby-formula-and-ship-it-directly-to-anyone-who-applies\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Will Tricare Provide Free Baby Formula And Ship It Directly To Anyone Who Applies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-will-tricare-provide-free-baby-formula-and-ship-it-directly-to-anyone-who-applies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thenavyscac\/photos\/a.1494474927512085\/2858985387727692\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 830 times claims military health care provider Tricare will ship free baby formula out to those who fill out a form.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tricare only offers free baby formula to those with medical necessities under a doctor\u2019s order, according to a statement from the health care provider.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to ease an ongoing national baby formula shortage, in part by reopening a large formula manufacturer in Michigan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/05\/16\/1099366403\/fda-announces-plans-to-ease-the-shortage-of-baby-formula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>. The agency expects the shortage to improve \u201cin the next couple of months,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/fda-expects-baby-formula-shortage-to-improve-in-next-couple-of-months-134126922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo Finance<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>One Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thenavyscac\/photos\/a.1494474927512085\/2858985387727692\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tricare.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tricare<\/a>, a health care program for U.S. military personnel and their families, introduced a program that would \u201csupply baby milk for free based on how much the child consumes within the month.\u201d The post claims that those interested would simply need to have their pediatrician fill out a form.<\/p>\n<p>The post is misleading. While Tricare does provide baby formula to some beneficiaries through a contract with the company Military Medical Supplies (MMS), according to an article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2022\/05\/16\/free-baby-formula-tricare-despite-viral-post-thats-no-most-users.html?fbclid=IwAR15ppUBkE0mY7Qw0rkTtgN22fP0k7KvH84XLBE5viG0AQRTMl714egrFBU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military.com<\/a>, this formula is only distributed to those who have received a doctor\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were really caught off guard here because we don\u2019t advertise or anything of that nature,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-scheidt-07393311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Scheidt<\/a>, owner of MMS, told Military.com about the claims. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/03\/27\/fact-check-free-baby-formula-calling-company-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Can You Get Free Baby Formula During The COVID-19 Pandemic By Calling The Company?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tricare posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/tricare.mil\/newborn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disclaimer<\/a> banner on its website refuting the viral claims. \u201cWhile TRICARE covers formulas and vitamins for enrollees with metabolic disorders, TRICARE doesn\u2019t cover regular baby formula for otherwise-healthy infants,\u201d the Disclaimer reads.<\/p>\n<p>The banner also states the program does not \u201cdirectly ship baby formula to beneficiaries\u201d and encourages those concerned about a child with medical needs to work with their primary care specialists or pediatricians to secure the necessary formula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook over 830 times claims military health care provider Tricare will ship free baby formula out to those who fill out a form.Verdict: Misleading Tricare only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1483461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}