United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-19 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-HEHS-95-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213 P0b002ee18038064a f:the95213 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-05-04 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213 T-HEHS-95-213 Health care facilities Veterans Health care services Eligibility criteria Disability benefits Health insurance Cost sharing (finance) Eligibility determinations Comparative analysis Medicare Trust Fund Testimony HEHS In this testimony GAO summarizes the results of a number of reviews that have detailed problems in administering VA's outpatient eligibility provisions; compared VA benefits and eligibility to those of other public and private health benefits programs; and assessed VA's role in a changing health care marketplace. In summary, veterans' eligibility for VA health care has evolved over time both in terms of the types of veterans eligible for care and the services they are eligible to receive. VA has gone from a system primarily covering hospital care for veterans with war- related injuries to a system covering a wide array of hospital and other medical services for both wartime and peacetime veterans and both veterans with and without service-connected disabilities. VA now has multiple categories of veterans eligibility based on a number of factors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213.htm GAO/T-HEHS-95-213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-95-213 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-95-213; VA Health Care: Issues Affecting Eligibility Reform; Health care facilities Veterans Health care services Eligibility criteria Disability benefits Health insurance Cost sharing (finance) Eligibility determinations Comparative analysis Medicare Trust Fund