Veterans' Health Care: Efforts to Make VA Competitive May Create
Significant Risks (Testimony, 06/29/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-197).

GAO is undertaking several studies of the potential effects of health
care reform on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care
system and options for restructuring veterans' health benefits. This
testimony draws on the preliminary work of one of those studies and
discusses (1) legal and structural barriers that could limit VA's
ability to restructure its health care facilities into managed care
plans and compete with private-sector health plans, (2) the extent to
which the Health Security Act would overcome these barriers, and (3) the
potential risks associated with efforts to make VA competitive with
private-sector managed care plans. competitive with private-sector
managed care plans.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-94-197
     TITLE:  Veterans' Health Care: Efforts to Make VA Competitive May 
             Create Significant Risks
      DATE:  06/29/94
   SUBJECT:  Veterans benefits
             Health care planning
             Health care programs
             Health services administration
             Eligibility determinations
             Health insurance cost control
             Health care facilities
             Entitlements
IDENTIFIER:  Health Security Act
             National Health Care Reform Initiative
             Clinton Health Care Plan
             Medicaid Program
             Medicare Program
             National Performance Review
             Health Plan Fund
             Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of 
             Veterans Affairs
             World War I
             VA Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator System
             
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