the BCA requires DOD to reduce all major accounts by a total of $492 billion over 10 years.

I've said that I support health care reform in DOD. Do you agree with me that if we don't control the growth in health care costs, we will pay for it through decreased personnel and readiness?

the TRICARE Prime benefit is supposed to be cost neutral--that is, the government costs for Prime should not exceed the government costs for Standard.

What options does DOD have to achieve savings in fiscal year 2013 if the NDAA becomes law late in fiscal year 2012?

Dr. Woodson, how much does DOD spend in pharmacy costs every year and where do you see that cost going in the future?

Did you take into consideration the increasing complexity of administering TRICARE in the development of your reform proposals?

Secretary of Defense Panetta has said that this would have a catastrophic impact on our military and its ability to protect this country.

Secretary Hale and Dr. Woodson, from what I have heard, one of the most controversial elements of the reforms that you are seeking in health care is a three-tiered system that links the amount of the fee a retiree pays to his or her…

What are you doing in your oversight capacity to ensure that family programs are not reduced during this time of war?

I am concerned about the need for advance planning to implement cuts like these.

In a down-sized world, you have to have the right mix of Active Duty, Air Reserve, and Air Guard personnel.

I think the committee would appreciate in writing anything that you need from us, Uniform Code of Military Justice changes, regulatory changes, funding requirements, new positions, so that we can say in Congress we have done everything…

If we are going to do that, then we better make sure they are trained and ready to go.

If our Active Duty component is going to be reduced to the point... where the next major engagement will be one out of two people will be a Guard member or a reservist for a very long period of time, we will have to come to grips with that…

I think certainly we need to do north of $400 billion, but when it comes to the Air Force, the Reserve component got hit pretty hard.

Sequestration--I hope in a bipartisan fashion--we can stop that. That would be devastating according to Secretary Panetta to do $600 billion on top of the $400-plus billion.

Everything has to be on the table.

What initiatives are underway, other than adjustments to cost sharing, to reduce the costs of the TRICARE pharmacy program?