Veterans' Health CareFunding for VA health care is determined by Congress in the annual appropriations process. Prior to this process, VA develops a budget estimate of the resources needed to provide health care services to eligible veterans. The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 requires an assessment of whether the funding requested for VA health care in the President's budget requests submitted to Congress in 2011, 2012, and 2013 is consistent with VA's estimates of the resources needed to provide health care services. This report describes: (1) how the VA develops its health care budget estimate; and (2) how VA's health care budget estimate is used in the President's budget request to Congress. Illus. A print on demand report. |
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61 health adjustments to account advance appropriations request agencies assumptions care budget estimate CHAMPVA cost of providing data from Medicare Data Sources Department of Veterans develop estimates develops its health discretionary basis Durable medical equipment eligible veterans enrolled veterans Enrollment and Forecasting estimate for fiscal estimate for long-term estimate the resources example fiscal year 2011 funding GAO analysis health care budget Health Care Projection health care services health insurers long-term care Medicare and private mental health services noninstitutional care services number of days nursing home workload Office of Budget Office of Enrollment Office of Finance OMB staff Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation New Dawn outpatient percent of VA's President's budget request private health insurers program office provide health provide nursing home request for fiscal request to Congress resources needed service-connected disability Support and Compliance telehealth unit-cost projections utilization and unit-cost VA health care VA’s Veterans Affairs VHA's Office Washington