2 options
Military medical care / editors, Linda F. Bernstein, Sarah W. Constable.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Novinka (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). TRICARE Management Activity--Costs.
- United States.
- Veterans--Medical care--United States.
- Veterans.
- Managed care plans (Medical care)--United States.
- Managed care plans (Medical care).
- United States--Armed Forces--Medical care.
- United States--Armed Forces--Medical care--Law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Many military health care beneficiaries, particularly military retirees, their dependents, and those representing their interests, state that they were promised free health care for life at military facilities as part of their contractual agreement when they entered the armed forces. Efforts to locate authoritative documentation of such promises have not been successful. Congressional report language and recent court decisions have rejected retiree claims seeking 'free care at military facilities' as a right or entitlement. These have stated that the medical benefit structure made up of military health care facilities, Tricare and Medicare currently provide lifetime health care to military members, retirees and their respective dependents. Nevertheless, claims continue to be made, particularly by those seeking additional benefits from the Department of Defense, or attempting to prevent an actual or perceived reduction in benefits.
- Contents:
- Military medical care: questions and answers / Richard A. Best Jr
- Military health care: the issue of "promised" benefits / David F. Burrelli
- Military health care: cost data indicate that Tricare Reserve Select premiums exceeded the costs of providing program benefits / United States Government Accountablilty Office
- DOD and VA health care: Challenges encountered by injured service members during their recovery process / United States Government Accountability Office
- Increases in Tricare costs: Background and options for Congress / Richard Best and Don J. Jansen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61470-311-6
- OCLC:
- 776163233
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.