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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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Relatively few Medicare-eligible military retirees and their families enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program under a three-year pilot project, according to the General Accounting Office. Almost 30 percent of those eligible who did not enroll said the costs were too high. Other reasons given for non-enrollment were satisfaction with their existing coverage and concern about receiving Medicare coverage whenthe pilot program ended. From a total of 123,000 who were eligible to enroll, the program's highest number of enrollees was 7,521, according to the report. For a complete copy of the report, click on http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03547.pdf. |
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