The Defense Department’s total medical costs have more than doubled, from $19 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $48.7 billion for fiscal year 2013. Growing faster than the department's overall budget, these costs now make up close to 10 percent of the total budget, whereas they represented only 5.9 percent of the total back in FY 2001.
The Defense Department’s total medical costs have more than doubled, from $19 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $48.7 billion for fiscal year 2013. Growing faster than the department's overall budget, these costs now make up close to 10 percent of the total budget, whereas they represented only 5.9 percent of the total back in FY 2001.