Health and Human Services Issues

Abstract

This summary report on the Department of Health and Human Services is one in a series that addresses major policy, management, or program issues facing agency heads in the new administration. Dealing with issues identified will be critical if the Department is to effectively serve the millions of Americans dependent on it for benefit payments and services. This report highlights actions that should be taken in four critical areas affecting the large and diverse operations of the Department. These include improving departmental management, containing the cost of health care, enhancing the financing and delivery of social security benefits, and implementing the recently enacted welfare reform legislation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202828

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Data Processing
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Social Security
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.