NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES

Defense

Provide insight into the Military Health Care System; military retiree pay and benefits; Cost of Living Adjustments; Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) issues; Survivor Benefit Plan; Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills; equipment issues; Commissary and Exchange issues; change to the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) to terminate payments when formers spouses remarry and other changes to make the USFSPA more equitable for all involved parties. Fight proposals to increase TRICARE enrollment fees and prescription copays. Urge DoD to find fraud, waste and abuse in all areas of operations before increasing health care costs for retirees and survivors.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Defense, Dept of (DOD) · Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Retirement

To protect the cost of living adjusted Social Security payments by ensuring that any major changes made would grandfather retirees and those near retirement; to improve the Medicare benefit and provide adequate reimbursement rates to health care professionals; establish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly (CPI-E) to compute cost of living increases for Social Security and other Medicare beneficiaries; phase out the taxation of Social Security Benefits; repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions; include a Social Security Lockbox.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Defense, Dept of (DOD) · Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)