GAO: Savings from Tricare hikes overestimated
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jun 1, 2007 13:09:05 EDT
A government report released May 31 undercuts the Pentagon’s claim that it could save $9.8 billion over five years by increasing Tricare enrollment fees and deductibles for some military health care beneficiaries.
The Government Accountability Office said the savings would still be “significant” at a minimum of $2.3 billion but nowhere close to the estimates that defense officials have been citing in an effort — so far unsuccessful — to get Congress to approve the fee increases.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/military_healthcare_070601w/
