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VA Health Care: Estimating Resources Needed to Provide Community Care

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 12, 2019
Release Date June 12, 2019
Report No. GAO-19-478
Summary:

To help ensure veterans have timely access to health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs purchases care from non-VA providers—known as community care—in addition to providing its own care.

We looked at how VA estimates resource needs for community care:

VA updated its budget projection model to estimate most of the resources needed

VA authorized 1.8 million veterans to use community care in fiscal year 2018

VA received additional community care funding for fiscal year 2018 and estimates were $2.2 billion lower than the actual $14.9 billion

VA's budget documents show estimates of $17.8 billion for this care by fiscal year 2021

American flag with dog tags and a stethoscope

American flag with dog tags and a stethoscope

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