TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Panangala, Sidath Viranga ; Jansen, Don J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Veterans;    Medicine;    Veterans';    medical care;    Health policy;   

RP-ID  :  R41198
RP-ID  :  R41198_2010Apr28

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The 111th Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and hereafter referred to as PPACA. This report addresses key questions concerning how PPACA affects the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.