Is the Military Health System (MHS) Adequately Resourced?

The Department of Defense Unified Medical Budget (UMB) has been flatlined for over a decade with inadequate provision for inflation and impractical efficiency wedges of the budget topline. A simple, straightforward, and upfront answer is that the Military Health System (MHS) needs to be adequately r...

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Published inThe Armed Forces Comptroller Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 72 - 80
Main Author Mathew, Deepak J
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria American Society of Military Comptrollers 22.03.2023
Subjects
Federal budget
Forecasts and trends
Government agencies
Medical care, Cost of
Resource allocation
United States
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Summary:The Department of Defense Unified Medical Budget (UMB) has been flatlined for over a decade with inadequate provision for inflation and impractical efficiency wedges of the budget topline. A simple, straightforward, and upfront answer is that the Military Health System (MHS) needs to be adequately resourced. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is charged with administering the MHS, combining shared services, avoiding duplication, and generating efficiencies to mitigate the flatlined budgets. Unfortunately, when DHA stood up, massive budget baseline issues emerged.
ISSN:0004-2188