MOAA STORMS HILL FOR TROOPS, SURVIVORS, RETIREES

MOAA Council and Chapter Presidents from the 50 states and Puerto Rico, accompanied by members of the national Board of Directors and headquarters staff, swarmed Capitol Hill on April 18 to visit representatives’ and senators’ offices on key MOAA legislative initiatives.

This year, the “Hill stormers” focused on three main issues, supporting efforts to:

(1) Oppose disproportional TRICARE fee increases proposed by Defense leaders

(2) Fix Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) inequities for survivors of members who died of service-connected causes and “Greatest Generation” retirees

(3) Authorize a larger pay raise for the troops than the 3% proposed in the President’s budget
MOAA representatives carried a wealth of information supporting those goals, including information brochures outlining the problems and the needed fixes.

Hill-stormers received very positive feedback from most legislators, and we’ve already seen a jump in the number of cosponsors for MOAA-supported bills on these topics. Check your representatives’ and senators’ cosponsorship status for the bills listed below:

H.R. 579 and S. 604 - Protect against disproportionate health fee increases
H.R. 1589 and S. 935 - Repeal the SBP-DIC offset
H.R. 784 (and S. 935) - Accelerate paid up coverage for SBP to October 1, 2007

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