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Health Security Act: Analysis of Veterans' Health Care Provisions

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 15, 1994
Report No. HEHS-94-205FS
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Summary:

Reform of the nation's health care system to reduce the number of Americans who lack coverage of basic acute health care services could significantly reduce demand for such services in facilities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). GAO reported in 1992 that if changes were not made in the VA health care system as part of health reform, VA hospitals could lose about 50 percent of their acute hospital workload and 44 percent of their outpatient workload. To assist the Congressional Veterans' Affairs Committees, which will be considering legislation to fundamentally reform the VA health care system and veterans' health benefits, GAO prepared this fact sheet which analyzes the veterans affairs provisions of the administration's proposed Health Security Act.

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