Source Notes II

Federal Health Benefits Program: Analysis of Contigency and Special Reserves (GAO.gov, December 4, 1992)

SUMMARY: The GAO’s opinion on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the way that it effects the Office of Personnel Management proposal in 1992.

TOPIC: Should the government arrange for hospitals to network to help standardize the cost of health care?

CATEGORY: Institutional (Government)

TITLE: Federal Health Benefits Program: Analysis and of Contingency and Special Reserves

PUBLICATION INFORMATION: GAO.gov; December 4, 1992

AUTHOR: N/A

LOCATION: GAO.gov

ACCESSED: February 3, 2009

SUPPORT: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; Office of Personnel Management; U.S. Government Accountability Office; The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau; all of these sources work to show the health benefits that are available and the plans that are going on it the U.S.

AUDIENCE AND AGENDA: GAO the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. Funded by the U.S. government is headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, a professional and non-partisan position in the U.S. government.

USEFULNESS: The health benefits program report shows government plans for health care, and the ways that the changes would affect the economy. The GAO believes that stepping into the health care industry and attempting to lower premiums would be a mistake. The unexpected cost that comes with health care could never be predicted. This minimizes the amount of financial sponsors, and is considered a high risk for the government.

WORKS CITED: GAO.gov; Employee Benefit Program; Personal Management; Google.com; Wikipedia.org; Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau