Defense Health Care: New Managed Care Plan Progressing, but Cost and Performance Issues Remain

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) is implementing a sweeping reform of its $15 billion per year health care system. TRICARE, DOD's new nationwide managed health care program, will significantly alter health care delivery for DOD's 8.3 million beneficiaries. As we testified on March 7, 1996, before the House Committee on National Security's Subcommittee on Military Personnel, TRICARE's implementation is occurring in a rapidly changing military environment. Post-cold war contingency planning scenarios, efforts to reduce the overall size of the nation's military forces, federal budget-reduction initiatives, and base closures and realignments have all heightened scrutiny of the size and makeup of DOD's health care system. How well DOD implements and operates TRICARE may define and shape military medicine for years to come.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1996
Accession Number
AD1175910

Entities

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  • Allan Richardson
  • Bonnie Anderson
  • Dan Brier
  • David J. Lewis
  • Stephen P. Backhus
  • Sylvia Jones

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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