Health Care Task Force
Gao ID: GGD-96-45R November 9, 1995This letter provides information on the government-wide costs associated with the President's Task Force on Health Care Reform. GAO has completed collecting information from all 10 federal agencies, including the Executive Office of the President, that were involved in the Task Force. GAO lists by agencies their Task Force-related spending, which totalled $13.8 million. More than half of the total--$7.5 million--was attributed to personnel costs. Task Force spending ranged from more than $9 million at the Department of Health and Human Services to less than $50,000 at the Education Department. GAO also breaks out the total cost by work phases and functional categories.