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Health Benefits for Medicare-Eligible Military Retirees : Rationalizing TRICARE for Life
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schoenbaum, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Retired military personnel--Medical care--United States.
- Retired military personnel.
- Medicare.
- Health maintenance organizations--United States.
- Health maintenance organizations.
- Managed care plans (Medical care).
- Managed Care Programs.
- Veterans.
- Medical Assistance.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Insurance, Health.
- Persons.
- Legislation as Topic.
- Patient Care Management.
- Public Assistance.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Insurance.
- Financing, Government.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Financing, Organized.
- Health Services Administration.
- Economics.
- United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). TRICARE Management Activity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Managed Care Programs.
- Medicare.
- Veterans.
- Medical Assistance.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Insurance, Health.
- Persons.
- Legislation as Topic.
- Patient Care Management.
- Public Assistance.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Insurance.
- Financing, Government.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Financing, Organized.
- Health Services Administration.
- Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Retired military personnel--Medical care--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (91 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Medicare-eligible military retirees enrolled in Medicare Part B are entitled to both Medicare and TRICARE health care benefits--coverage referred to as TRICARE for Life (TFL). This report examines the TFL benefit design and TFL's potential benefits and costs for the Department of Defense (DoD), Medicare, beneficiaries, and taxpayers.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. Medicare and TRICARE Benefits and Coverage Policies; 3. TRICARE for Life Beneficiary Cost-Sharing for Civilian Care; 4. Managing Military Treatment Facility Care Provided to TRICARE for Life Beneficiaries; 5. Models for Medicare's Sharing in Military Treatment Facility Costs; 6. Conclusions and Recommendations; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781598753745
- 1598753746
- OCLC:
- 475945177
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