The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the Defense Health Agency (DHA) contracts for its TRICARE program, including dental care contracts.  GAO found that 11 of the 13 current contracts increased in value compared to prior versions for various reasons, such as increases resulting from changes in coverage for certain geographic areas, longer periods of service delivery, and cost increases due to inflation and COVID-19.  To read the GAO report on TRICARE contracts, use the first link below.  To read GAO highlights of the report on TRICARE contracts, use the second link below.

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107370.pdf  (GAO report on TRICARE contracts)

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107370-highlights.pdf  (GAO highlights on TRICARE contracts)