DOD health care
Subtitle: prohibition on financial incentives that may influence health insurance choices for retirees and their dependents under age 65
By: [Debra A. Draper]
Contributors: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Managed care plans (Medical care); Retired military personnel; Medical care; Military dependents; Cost of Medical care
Other titles: Department of Defense health care :; Prohibition on financial incentives that may influence health insurance choices for retirees and their dependents under age 65; Section 707
Description: To help reduce DOD's health care costs, Congress passed section 707 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (section 707), which went into effect January 1, 2008. Section 707 prohibits employers with 20 or more employees from offering financial or other incentives to their employees who are eligible for TRICARE to not enroll in the employer-sponsored health insurance plan or to terminate such coverage. We examined how DOD developed its savings estimate and evaluated the effect of the law. In this report, we describe (1) DOD's method for projecting TRICARE savings as a result of section 707 for fiscal years 2010 through 2015 and (2) DOD's efforts to determine the effects of section 707 on TRICARE participation and costs after the law went into effect.
Notes: Title from p.1 screen (viewed Mar. 22, 2011).

"February 16, 2011."

"GAO-11-160R."

Includes bibliographical references.

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