As you are called to serve away from home, MOAA is fighting for you on Capitol Hill. See what issues we're working on to improve your benefits, and assure security for your family.
Retired Pay - Promises Must Be Kept
Congress and the Administration are considering an array of major deficit-reduction initiatives.
Cap Future TRICARE Fee Increase at COLA Percentage
The FY2012 defense budget proposes an inappropriate index for the purpose of adjusting military TRICARE fees in 2013 and beyond.
Mismatch of Force Structure versus Mission
Increase force strengths to match increased operational requirements.
Lowering Reserve Retirement Age
MOAA supports improving the lifetime value of the Reserve compensation and retirement system.
Military Family Support
More support is needed for families left behind during contingency operations, especially Guard and Reserve families without access to on-base support facilities.
Military Pay Comparability
Military members' basic pay must be reasonably comparable with private sector pay scales and adjusted annually to maintain comparability with private sector pay increases.
National Guard and Reserve Health Coverage
MOAA supports more robust healthcare coverage options for National Guard and Reserve servicemembers and families. This includes ensuring continuing health care coverage for Guard and Reserve and families activated in support of counter-terror or other operations.
National Guard and Reserve Benefits
Finding the proper balance of increases in benefits for Reserve/National Guard as our greater reliance on them has increased their responsibilities.
Pre-Tax Health and Dependent Care Programs
MOAA has consistently pressed DoD and Congress to implement FSAs/premium conversion accounts to allow active duty service members to pay dependent and health care expenses on a pre-tax basis.
Relocation Allowances
Increase allowances to fully reimburse member expenses.
Institutionalizing Seamless Transition
One critical problem in achieving seamless transition between the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) is the bureaucratic stove-piping that exists in each department.
Tax Exemption of Premiums for Health Insurance
Tax exemption or credit on premiums they pay for health, dental, or long-term care insurance.
TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Standard Improvements
Many upgrades are underway, but more needs to be done.
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.