The Military Health Care System: On The Road to Privatization.

Abstract

There is a tremendous emphasis from congressional and senior military leadership to downsize the Defense Health Program (DHP) manpower. The new Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF) has come from the Commission on Roles and Missions (CORM) with the mission to privatize as many functions as possible. The direct care portion of the Military Health Services System (MHSS) is mostly at risk. It encompasses all healthcare provided beneficiaries in peacetime throughout all medical treatment facilities. This paper provides an update on the question whether to size the medical forces to wartime or peacetime requirements. The paper concludes that no matter how various models determine the 'right size' of the medical force structure, downsizing pressures will lead to complete privatization of all direct healthcare for non-active duty beneficiaries within ten to fifteen years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309142

Entities

People

  • Leon Woodley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.