GAO Compares Federal Health Programs

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Special Feature About one third of Americans receive health care through federally-financed programs that cost over $300 billion a year, according to an August 7, 1998 report conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO). See accompanying chart on page 10 for average annual per capita costs and estimates of error, fraud, and abuse. The report, entitled "Federal Health Programs: Comparison of Medicare, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, Medicaid, Veterans' Health Services, Department of Defense Health Services, and Indian Health Services," is a comparison of programs that serve the elderly . . .