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GAO Reports – FAA, Medicaid, VA Health Care Budget

  • Federal Aviation Administration: Preliminary Observations of Potential Air Traffic Control Restructuring Transition Issues, GAO-16-386R: Published: Feb 10, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 10, 2016: “Based on our literature review and preliminary discussions with experts, several transition issues would need to be addressed if the U.S. air traffic control (ATC) system were to be restructured, including transition issues related to determining the funding and finance structure of the new entity, transferring assets, separating the safety regulator from the ATC entity, mitigating potential impacts to different airspace users’ access to airspace, human capital, and other issues.”
  • Medicaid: Changes to Funding Formula Could Improve Allocation of Funds to States, GAO-16-377T: Published: Feb 10, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 10, 2016: “To ensure that federal funding efficiently and effectively responds to Medicaid’s countercyclical nature, GAO recommended that Congress could consider enacting an Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) formula that targets variable state Medicaid needs and provides automatic, timely, and temporary assistance in response to national economic downturns.
  • VA’s Health Care Budget: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Tracking of Obligations and Projected Utilization, GAO-16-374T: Published: Feb 10, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 10, 2016: “VA projected a funding gap in its fiscal year 2015 medical services appropriation account and obtained temporary authority to use up to $3.3 billion in Veterans Choice Program funding to close this gap.”

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