Accession Number:

ADA618075

Title:

Health Care Analysis for the MCRMC Insurance Cost Model

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• Burns, Sarah K.

Report Date:

2015-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

The Institute for Defense Analyses was asked to support the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission by providing analyses to assist the Commission s considerations of potential modifications to the provision of health-related services. This document presents a detailed discussion of military healthcare costs under the current system and then develops the estimated cost of providing care for a subset of the Department of Defense beneficiary population through an alternative premium-based health care model. Results indicate that movement towards the premium-based model would produce an annual budgetary cost savings in the 2 to 4 billion range with a best savings estimate of 3.2 billion.

Descriptors:

• *HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
• COST ESTIMATES
• COST MODELS
• INSURANCE
• MEDICAL SERVICES
• MODIFICATION
• POPULATION
• RETIREMENT
• SALARIES
• SAVINGS
• TRICARE

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE