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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                  FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                  EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EST
                                  May 15, 1980

                         STATEMENT OF
                      WILBUR D. CAMPBELL
            DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL AND GENERAL
                  MANAGEMENT STUDIES DIVISION
                          BEFORE THE
      SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
         COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
            UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            ON

          /FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS7

Madam Chair and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are here today at your request to discuss our report,

entitled Errors in Health Benefits Data Push Up Health

Insurance Costs which was issued to Director, the Office of

Personnel Management in December 1979. The report deals with

differences between the enrollment data on records of Federal

agencies and those of insurance carriers. The data is used

to determine (1) the coverage provided individual employees,

(2) the employees' and the Government's share of insurance

premiums paid to insurance carriers.

     Our report points out that errors in the data can result

in underpayments of premiums and overpayments of benefits--

two conditions that increase the employees' and Federal Gov-

ernment's share of program costs. The report sets the in-

creased program costs for the errors we found at between $2

and $5 million annually. We also noted that errors can delay




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