Approaches to reducing federal spending on military health care : actual and projected costs for military health care as a share of DOD's base budget, 2000 to 2028 / [prepared by Carla Tighe Murray].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Murray, Carla Tighe, author.

Contributor:

United States. Congressional Budget Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care--Costs.

United States.

Veterans--Medical care--United States--Costs.

Veterans.

Military dependents--Medical care--United States--Costs.

Military dependents.

Medical care, Cost of--United States.

Medical care, Cost of.

Veterans--Medical care--Costs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (38 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The health care benefits provided to military service members, retirees, and their families are more generous than those generally provided through private or employment-based health insurance. Between 2000 and 2012, the cost of providing military health care increased by 130 percent (after adjusting for inflation). This report examines some options for constraining those costs. The largest savings would come from increasing cost sharing for military retirees.

Contents:

Summary.

Funding for military health care.

Alternatives for reducing Dod's health care spending.

Appendix: cost sharing in Tricare.

List of tables and figures.

About this document.

Notes:

"Carla Tighe Murray of CBO's National Security Division prepared the report"--Page 38

"January 2014."

"Pub. no. 4282"--Page 2 of cover

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (CBO, viewed January 26, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version: Approaches to reducing federal spending on military health care

OCLC:

869143068