Statement of Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office, 10 May 1993

摘要

This testimony focuses on the costs of that system and covers a range of issues, including: the projected rise in military health care spending; the underlying reasons for the rise in spending; how the health care demonstration projects by the Department of Defense have affected costs; and some key steps necessary to hold down medical costs in the future. The Department of Defense (DoD) runs one of the largest health care systems in the nation. in fiscal year 1993, about 8.5 million people were eligible to receive health care through the system. This number includes men and women on duty in the active forces and reserves, their spouses and children, and retired military personnel and their dependents and survivors who are registered with the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)--a system for registering eligibility for exchange privileges, health care, and other benefits.