MOAA NATIONAL TOP GOALS

Ensure pay at or above the Employment Cost Index, and ensure all allowances and programs necessary to recruit and retain a quality force.
Ensure pay continues for all eight uniformed services during a government shutdown.
Provide for concurrent receipt of military retirement pay from DoD and disability pay from the VA.

Military Housing

Restore BAH at 100% of researched housing costs per Military Housing Area.
Ensure barracks are safe and healthy places to live, verified by the chain of command and government-owned work centers.
Codify procedures and authorities to increase out-of-cycle housing allowances to address emergencies such as reduced availability of housing and rising utility costs.

Reverse cuts to the pharmacy benefit and establish policy guardrails to ensure access to prescription medications and limits on copay increases.
Fix the TRICARE Young Adult parity issue by extending eligibility to dependents up to age 26 with no separate premium to bring TRICARE on par with requirements for commercial health plans.
Require DoD to establish a transparent and well-publicized problem reporting system for beneficiaries experiencing MTF access challenges, including an annual report to Congress on the number and types of beneficiary access problem reports by MTF and steps taken by the Defense Health Agency to identify and address systemic access problems.

Monitor recent major legislation enacted such as the PACT Act in the areas of health care, compensation, and follow-on support for surviving spouses and families, and seek statutory or policy changes as required.
Compel Congress and the VA to accelerate caregiving and whole health care services, and modernization of Veterans Health Administration workforce and facility infrastructure to improve veterans' access to high-quality care.

Improve congressional support for uniformed services families: Enhance programs to support spouse employment, ensure implementation of an effective basic needs allowance, and provide accessible, affordable child care options. Overcome the lack of effective problem-reporting mechanisms and resolution systems in the Military Health System.

Repeal the recoupment of last month’s paycheck after retiree’s passing.
Continue to improve SGLI/VGLI updates to match inflation.
Improve DIC baseline to align with other government entitlements’ baseline of 55%.

Overcome the lack of TRICARE coverage for the reserve component to maintain readiness.
Overcome delayed pay for Guard and Reserve members when they are promoted or when they retire.
Continue to support Guard and Reserve leaders, and advance legislative and policy solutions to support the total force.