| Description: | This report answers several frequently asked questions about military health care, including: how the system is structured, a TRICARE summary, TRICARE eligibility and plan options, cost of military health care to beneficiaries, relationship of TRICARE to MEDICARE, how the Affordable Care Act affects TRICARE, long-term trends of defense health care costs, and a summary of the fund which funds TRICARE - the Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care fund. |
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| Location(s): | United States |
| Creation Date: | October 4, 2012 |
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| Creator (Author): |
Jansen, Don J.
Analyst in Defense Health Care Policy |
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Blakeley, Katherine
Analyst in Foreign Affairs |
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Publisher Name: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
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| Original Creation Date: | October 4, 2012 | |
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| Description: | This report answers several frequently asked questions about military health care, including: how the system is structured, a TRICARE summary, TRICARE eligibility and plan options, cost of military health care to beneficiaries, relationship of TRICARE to MEDICARE, how the Affordable Care Act affects TRICARE, long-term trends of defense health care costs, and a summary of the fund which funds TRICARE - the Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care fund. |
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| Resource Type: | Report | |
| Format: | Text | |
