Category: Personal Affairs

Personal Affers October 2023

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period is here. Visit Medicare.gov nowthrough December 7 to compare all your coverage options. If you decideto enroll in a different option, your new coverage will start January 1.Here Are Your 2024 Medicare Part B RatesBy: Kevin LilleyAfter falling in 2023, the standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will increase by $9.80…

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Personal Affairs – July 2023

Extracted from the MOAA Newsletter, 13 July 2023What the NDAA Could Mean for Your TRICARE CoverageTwo clear victories for MOAA and its members stemming from the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) come from what’s not in either the House or Senate version of the bill, or any of the thousand-plus proposed amendments (and…

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Personal Affairs – July 2023

Extracted from the MOAA Newsletter, 13 July 2023What the NDAA Could Mean for Your TRICARE CoverageTwo clear victories for MOAA and its members stemming from the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) come from what’s not in either the House or Senate version of the bill, or any of the thousand-plus proposed amendments (and…

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AUGUST 2020 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

This partial article by Patricia Kime, with contributions from Oriana Pawlyk, originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.   More than 600,000 Tricare users in the military health system’s East Region received emails Friday asking them to consider donating blood for research as “survivors of COVID-19.”  But…

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MARCH 2020 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

March 2020 Personal Affairs From the Feb 20 edition of the MOAA Newsletter, approximately 84,000 active duty family members and 110,000 military retiree beneficiaries will be impacted by military treatment facility (MTF) downsizing proposed in a DoD report to Congress released Feb. 19.  In a phone call the morning of the release, senior DoD officials…

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DECEMBER 2019 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

Personal Affairs Hello everyone! I have volunteered as the OWRC Personal Affairs Officer. Serving the chapter in this capacity has been on my mind for some time. I will serve as the primary point of contact for issues associated with military rights and entitlements, with special emphasis on survivor benefits information. To that end, I’ll…

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