We have no Action Alerts this week
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we seeHealth Reform and You. National health care reform – officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is the most ambitious piece of health care legislation since the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Passed in 2010, we’re only eight months away from [...]
Legislative Update for 17 May 2013: Health Reform and TRICARE
Dinner Programs – an update
We are now in our annual summer break. Our next dinner meeting will be on 19 September. Look for the reservation form in our next Heliogram which will be mailed in August. We have had exceptionally good speakers, including our May speaker named below.
16 MAY Dinner Program Speaker: Courtney Miller, Community Outreach & Education Coordinator for [...]
*Legislative Update for 10 May 2013: Scary Defense Budget Coming?
We have 1 Action Alert this week at Issue 4.
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we see Who Shot Your Grandfather? When discussing retirement reform, defense leaders state any changes to the system would “grandfather” the existing force. But the Pentagon is more than willing to jack up the other major element of the retirement benefit – health care.In the [...]
*Legislative Update for 3 May 2013: Civics 101: Defense Bill Schedule
We have 6 Action Alerts this week at Issues 2 and 3
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we see Defense Bill Timeline Shapes Up. The House is expected to begin its consideration of the FY2014 defense authorization bill next week. MOAA takes a look at the defense bill process and maps out a rough estimate of when key events will occur. [...]
State Legislative Update, 25 April 2013: HB 2484
AZ Sate HB 2484 ‘veterans; hiring preference; tax credits’ is stalled in the Senate Rules Committee.
Below is a draft Email that is recommended for forwarding to all 7 members of the Senate Rules Committee urging them to support this bill.
One way to send that message is to copy the 7 Senate Rules Committee member Email addresses along with the text for your [...]
State Legislative Update, 17 April 2013: HB 2243
All money bills are being held up in the State Legislature, including those still in committee, until they finish the budget. HB 2243 SE (Strike Everything) ’military pension, partial exclusion’ is one of those bills that is being held in the Senate Rules Committee. It would raise the Military Retired Pay exemption from $2500 to $5000. And w
hile all of [...]
*Legislative Update for 26 April 2013: Who’s Capping Your Pay?
We have 1 Action Alert this week at Issue 1
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we see Who’s Capping Your Pay? In 2003, Congress explicitly tied annual pay raises to private sector pay growth as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Cost Index (ECI). History shows that once pay caps start, they continue until they undermine readiness and retention.(See Issue 1 [...]
*Legislative Update for 19 April 2013: MOAA Storms the Hill on TRICARE, Military Pay
We have 1 Action Alert this week at Issue 6
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we see MOAA Storm the Hill. This short video offers visual highlights from MOAA’s 2013 Storming the Hill event. (See Issue 1 below for the details and view the video. GF)
At Issue 2. we see that MOAA Storms The Hill for You. More than 160 MOAA leaders swarmed Capitol Hill on [...]
*Legislative Update for 12 April 2013: The New Budget: What’s at Stake for You?
We have 1 Action Alert this week at Issue 1
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. let’s Help MOAA Storm the Hill. Now is the time to stand up and make your voice heard to reinforce MOAA leaders’ efforts on Capitol Hill next week. (See Issue 1 below for the details and to send a message to our Legislators GF)
At Issue 2. we see Defense Budget: TRICARE [...]
*Legislative Update for 5 April 2013: The New Budget: What’s at Stake for You?
We have 7 Action Alerts this week at Issues 2 and 3
SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
At Issue 1. we see Pay Cap Re-runs: Don’t Open that Door. It’s not official yet, but the new defense budget likely will propose a 1-percent military pay raise cap for 2014. If enacted, that will be the first time since 1998 the military raise will be [...]
