MILITARY MEDICAL CARE -- MILITARY MEDICAL CARE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- MILITARY MEDICAL CARE:QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- ABSTRACT -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS -- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- 1. What Is the Purpose of DOD's Military Health System? -- 2. What Is the Structure of the Military Health System? -- 3. How Much Does Military Health Care Cost Beneficiaries? -- 4. In What Ways Has the Military Health System Been Changing inRecent Years? -- 5. Who Is Eligible to Receive This Care? -- 6. How Are Priorities for Care in Military Medical FacilitiesAssigned? -- 7. What Is the Relationship of DOD Health Care to Medicare? -- 8. Have Military Personnel Been Promised Free Medical Care forLife? -- 9. What Actions Are Being Taken to Improve Military MedicalCare for Retirees Aged 65 and Over? What is Tricare for Life? -- 10. Should the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program(FEHBP) Be Open to Military Retirees? -- 11. How Are User's Fees and Fee Schedules for Medical ServicesAssessed? -- 12. What Will Be the Effect of Base Realignment and Closure(BRAC) on Military Medical Care? -- 13. What Is the DOD Pharmacy Benefit? -- 14. What Medical Benefits are Available to Reservists? -- REFERENCES -- MILITARY HEALTH CARE:THE ISSUE OF "PROMISED" BENEFITS∗ -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- "THE PROMISE" -- RECENT LEGISLATION -- REFERENCES -- MILITARY HEALTH CARE:COST DATA INDICATE THAT TRICARERESERVE SELECT PREMIUMS EXCEEDED THECOSTS OF PROVIDING PROGRAM BENEFITS∗ -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- Changes in TRS Coverage -- Enrollment in TRS -- DOD's Methods for Developing TRS Premiums -- BASING TRS PREMIUMS ON BCBS PREMIUMS RESULTED INTRS PREMIUMS THAT EXCEEDED THE COSTS OFPROVIDING PROGRAM BENEFITS IN 2006.

IN 2006, THE PREMIUM FOR BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILYCOVERAGE UNDER TRS EXCEEDED THE REPORTED COSTSPER PLAN OF PROVIDING BENEFITS THROUGHTHE PROGRAM -- Basing TRS Premiums on BCBS Premiums Is Unlikely toSuccessfully Align TRS Premiums with Benefit Costs -- TRS Cost Data Would Provide DOD with an Improved Basis forAdjusting Premiums in Future Years -- TRS'S PROJECTED COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDEDREPORTED COSTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006LARGELY BECAUSE ENROLLMENT LEVELS WERE LOWERTHAN DOD EXPECTED -- DOD's Projected Costs Were Significantly Higher Than ItsReported Costs for TRS in Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 -- DOD's Projected Costs Were Higher Than Reported Costs for TRSBecause It Overestimated the Number of TRS Enrollees and theCost per Enrollee -- DOD's Projection of Future TRS Enrollment Levels Is Likely TooHigh -- CONCLUSIONS -- AGENCY COMMENTS -- LIST OF COMMITTEES -- APPENDIX I: COMPARISON OF TRS PREMIUMGROWTH WITH DOD'S ESTIMATED RATE OFMEDICAL CARE PRICE INFLATION -- APPENDIX II: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- Calculation of Average Costs per TRS Plan -- Data Reliability Tests -- APPENDIX III:COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- REFERENCES -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- DOD AND VAHEALTH CARE:CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY INJUREDSERVICEMEMBERS DURING THEIRRECOVERY PROCESS∗ -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- DOD AND VA HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS TO FACILITATE THETRANSFER OF SERVICEMEMBERS BUT EXPERIENCEDPROBLEMS IN EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION -- DOD AND VA COLLABORATION IS IMPORTANT FOR EARLYINTERVENTION FOR REHABILITATION -- DOD SCREENS SERVICEMEMBERS FOR PTSD AFTERDEPLOYMENT, BUT DOD AND VA FACE CHALLENGESENSURING FURTHER PTSD SERVICES -- PROBLEMS RELATED TO MILITARY PAY HAVE RESULTED INDEBT AND OTHER HARDSHIPS FOR HUNDREDS OF SICK ANDINJURED SERVICEMEMBERS -- CONTACTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- RELATED GAO PRODUCTS -- REFERENCES.

INCREASES IN TRICARE COSTS:BACKGROUND AND OPTIONS FOR CONGRESS -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSES -- MORE AMBITIOUS APPROACHES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.