Increases in Tricare Costs: Background and Options for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Increases in Tricare Costs: Background and Options for Congress

Creator

  • Author: Jansen, Don J.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2008-07-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: In its FY2007, FY2008, and FY2009 budget submissions, the Department of Defense (DOD) proposed increases in Tricare enrollment fees, deductibles, and pharmacy co-payments for retired beneficiaries not yet eligible for Medicare. In passing the FY2009 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress included measures establishing demonstration projects intended to find ways to contain costs through increased use of preventive care services by TRICARE beneficiaries. The scope of these measures are limited. Defense health care spending will likely remain an issue for the DOD in the next Administration, and Congress can anticipate being asked to consider new proposals to constrain costs.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Aged
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Health policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medicare
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense economics
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense budgets

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS22402
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS22402_2008Jul25
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs10665
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