Will upcoming legislation impact your benefits? Keep track of the most important issues and get involved.
Retired Pay - Promises Must Be Kept
Congress and the Administration are considering an array of major deficit-reduction initiatives.
Retired Pay versus Active Duty Pay Adjustments
Retired pay and active duty pay increases are different in most years because they are based on different compensation principles.
SBP-DIC Offset for Survivors
Congress should repeal the law that reduces military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities by the amount of any survivor benefits payable under the VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) program.
Veterans Benefits Improvements
Veterans' benefits value must be maintained and adjusted periodically to accomplish their intended objectives, especially in a protracted conflict period.
Lowering Reserve Retirement Age
MOAA supports improving the lifetime value of the Reserve compensation and retirement system.
Medicare Improvements
Increase Provider reimbursements and seek relief from late enrollment penalties.
TRICARE Dental Plan Needs
Fight to achieve a subsidy for TRICARE Dental plans.
TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Standard Improvements
Many upgrades are underway, but more needs to be done.
TRICARE Uniform Formulary
TRICARE prescription drug benefit to undergo changes.
Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act Reform
The Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA), which governs division of military retired pay in divorce cases, contains significant inequities.
Government Pension Offset (GPO)/Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
Significant changes to Social Security in 1977 and 1983 cut Social Security benefits of many federal (Civil Service Retirement System) retirees and state retirees who did not participate in Social Security.
Health Care Issues for Military-Veteran Women
Women are helping to change the face of the military as they join the service at higher rates than at any other time in history.
Wounded Warrior Care Coordination and Family-Caregiver Support
Barriers prevent the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) from delivering the best possible medical care, case management and support services to our nation’s wounded, ill and injured in an effective way that ensures continuity of care, across and between multiple medical and benefit systems.
DoD-VA Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Efforts
A decade of war has placed unprecedented demands and stressors on our warriors and their families that will leave scars and unintended consequences for generations to come.