DoD Health Benefits Forecast. Transition Topic

Abstract

ISSUE: Defense healthcare costs are "eating up" the Defense budget and represent an existential threat to the Department * Only the Secretary can lead the Department and its uniformed leadership (Service Chiefs and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff) to a solution. IMPORTANCE: Defense Health is a $93 billion program * plus an additional $488 billion in unfunded liability (FY 2007) * Congressional mandates for increased healthcare benefits are likely to continue, which will force DoD to make tough funding trade-off decisions * Overall Defense healthcare spending has grown $25.1B billion from FY 2000 to FY 2008 (a 144% increase) * Defense healthcare spending has grown faster than DoD discretionary spending since FY 2000 * Defense healthcare programs are facing an imminent head-on financial train wreck with other critical Defense acquisition and operational programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 2008
Accession Number
ADA517507

Entities

People

  • Dov Zakheim
  • Kelly Van Niman
  • Michael Bayer

Organizations

  • Defense Business Board

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Budgets
  • Casualties
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Pharmacies
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design