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    Key Bills being considered by Congress
    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Key Bills being considered by Congress

    Show your support for these bills by going to http://takeaction.moaa.org/?0 Our chapter designation is WA07, which will be useful when us...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Support Renaming Highway 902 to Gold Star Memorial Highway

    The Director of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake is joining the Eastern Washington Veterans Task Force in requestin...
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    Free Legal Assistance for Washington Veterans
    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Free Legal Assistance for Washington Veterans

    Washington’s Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance (OMVLA) announced a centralized calendar of upcoming free legal aid clinics ...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Dec 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    GI Bill Improvements Pass House

    Two legislative proposals that would improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill and set an end date for the Montgomery GI Bill recently passed the Hou...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Dec 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    The VA Extends Benefits to Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Jan. 1st

    The Department of Veterans Affairs begins deciding Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 claims, Jan. 1, 2020. This extends the pr...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Dec 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Spending Bills and NDAA Pass

    Congress passed two bills (H.R.1865 and H.R.1158), which include all 12 spending bills for FY2020. This avoids a government shutdown that...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

    Representative Clay Higgins introduced H.R. 1527. This would provide veterans who can no longer live independently an alternative to nurs...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    TRICARE Dental Plan Changed

    The old TRICARE Retiree Dental Plan (TRDP) expired on 31 December 2018. MOAA pressed the issue explaining many eligible participants were...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Big Income Tax Changes!

    Have you filed your 2018 Federal tax return? Did you find that your refund is lower than last year? Do you owe more than you had withheld...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Major Veterans Legislation Winding Through Congress

    Among this Legislation is a measure that would block schools from penalizing student veterans for Department of Veteran Affairs delays. T...
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    Spokane MOAA
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    2019 COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment)

    I hope you noticed an increase to your retirement check in January. The 2019 COLA (cost of living adjustment) for military retired pay, S...
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