FY2025 Budget Request for the Military Health System (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Aug. 22, 2024 |
| Report Number |
IF12660 |
| Report Type |
In Focus |
| Authors |
Bryce H. P. Mendez |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
On March 11, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden submitted
his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress.
Discretionary funding in the Department of Defense (DOD)
budget request totals $849.8 billion, including $61.4 billion
(7.2%) to fund the Military Health System (MHS), which
delivers certain health entitlements under Title 10, Chapter
55, of the U.S. Code, to servicemembers, military retirees,
and their families. The MHS provides health care to 9.6
million beneficiaries in DOD hospitals and clinics—known
as military treatment facilities (MTFs)—and through
civilian health care providers participating in TRICARE,
DOD’s health-insurance-like program.
Congress traditionally appropriates discretionary funding
for the MHS in several types of accounts within the annual
defense appropriations bill. These types of accounts include
Operation and Maintenance (O&M), Military Personnel
(MILPERS), and Military Construction (MILCON). DOD
refers to these portions of the budget as the unified medical
budget (UMB). The request does not include a proposal to
modify statutory TRICARE cost-sharing requirements for
beneficiaries.
