Military Retiree Health Benefits: Enrollment Low in Federal Employee Health Plans under DOD Demonstration.

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony,  July, 2003  

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GAO-03-547 June 6, 2003

Prior to 2001, military retirees who turned age 65 and became eligible for Medicare lost most of their Department of Defense (DOD) health benefits. The DOD-Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) demonstration was one of several demonstrations established to examine alternatives for addressing retirees' lack of Medicare supplemental coverage. The demonstration was mandated by the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal ...