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Defense Primer: Military Health System (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 4, 2024
Report Number IF10530
Report Type In Focus
Authors Bryce H. P. Mendez
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Department of Defense (DOD) operates a healthcare delivery system that in fiscal year (FY) 2017 will serve an estimated 9.4 million beneficiaries both on the battlefield and off. With a 2017 budget request of $49 billion, the DOD’s unified medical program represents about 8% of DOD’s total budget. Beneficiaries may obtain care from DOD-operated and staffed medical and dental facilities (referred to collectively as “military treatment facilities”) or through care from civilian providers purchased through an insurance program known as TRICARE. Purchased care accounts for approximately 52% of the total cost of care delivered through the military health system. The conference report version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (P.L. 114-328, herein “2017 NDAA”) makes significant changes to many of the features described below that DOD will need to implement in the coming months.