Defense Health Care: Effects of Mandated Cost Sharing on Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities Likely to Be Minor

Abstract

As required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996(P.L. 104-106), this report describes the financial and other effects that the Department of Defenses (DOD) new health care benefit and cost-sharing package will likely have on the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities(USTF).1 USTFs are former Public Health Service hospitals now under civilian ownership and designated by the Congress in the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 248c) to be part of the Military Health Services System (MHSS). The Congress has periodically renewed this legislative authority, which is now set to expire September 30, 1997. Under the USTF program, the Congress has appropriated nearly $1 billion since fiscal year 1994 for the USTFs to deliver health care to what now totals 124,000 beneficiaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1996
Accession Number
AD1177740

Entities

People

  • Stephen P. Backhus

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Active Duty
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Families (Human)
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Maintenance Organizations
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Public Health
  • Therapy

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  • Medicine
  • Political science

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