Cost of Health Care Task Force Related Activities

GAO discussed the incurred costs of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform as of March 9, 1995. GAO noted that: (1) although it has received cost data from the 10 agencies that contributed to the task force and its related groups, the data are incomplete; (2) the 10 agencies reported spending about $9.6 million on task force matters, with about $3.5 million spent on developing the Administration's health care reform proposal, $5.8 million on preparing the Administration's health care reform legislation, and over $300,000 on matters relating to an unresolved court case; and (3) none of the agencies reported on possible future costs resulting from the court case or other possible litigation.