CDA~NY
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Ideally the secondary insurance should only pick up the balance of the visit, or the co-pay, once it's submitted for coordination of benefits.
Mom shouldn't be 'making money' on the child's medical visits. |
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anowlinsoon
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The way my finacee does it, is whoever takes the kid to the doctor should pay it. But he doesn't let his daugthers mother take her to the doctor after not paying a bill for a false emercancy room visist and still hasn't paid it. It was due Nov 2006. My ex and I split the cost of everything for our son but nither one of pays the other child support. |
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bdancer222
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It does depend on the custody agreement. However, if the child is covered by two different insurance plans, the father's policy is the primary and the mother's plan is the secondary. Whoever takes the child to the doctor should pay the co-pay. Then it should be submitted to the secondary insurance for reimbursement.
The secondary should pick up whatever the primary doesn't cover. |
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Expert Realtor
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He needs to check his child support order, b/c things like co-pays and ALL out-of-pocket expenses are usually addressed in the order. |
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Jason S
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This depends on the state but I believe that the state insurance pays for the copay that is not picked up by the primary insurance. At least that is how it works here in NM. As far as anything not covered by either policy that may be due, it would depend on the Custody paperwork. If it states he has to provide health care for the child, he would be responsible. If it says nothing like that it would probably be the custodial parents responsibility or split between the two.
Good luck! |
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mbrcatz
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Depends on the support and custody agreement. My PERSONAL custody agreement says, all uninsured medical costs are split 50/50.
Of course, my ex owes me thousands, in unpaid medical. And it's really, really hard to collect - MUCH harder than the actual child support.
But if the secondary coverage is through the state, likely THEY are picking up all the copays. |
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lil momma
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No, he dosen't have to pay the copays, but if he doesn't. Then she can keep track of the copays that she has paid during the year & take him to court for it at the end of the year. |
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nappyhdfatgrl
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Who ever takes the child to the dr should be responsible. Unless you go to court and have provisions made for that. But I don't thing a judge would take that serious unless it is a major fee for like surgery or something. Other wise it comes off as trivial if the co-payment is just $5 or $10. |
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