VA Health Care: Comparison of VA Benefits With Other Public and Private Programs

HRD-93-94 Published: Jul 29, 1993. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 1993.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) compared the health care benefits available under major public and private programs; and (2) analyzed the potential effects of existing benefit differences on veterans' use of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) health care system.

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Veterans

Comparative analysisDisability benefitsEligibility criteriaHealth care programsHealth care servicesHealth insurance cost controlHospital care servicesMedicaidVeterans benefitsVeterans disability compensationVeterans hospitalsMedicare