Newsletter 2008-08 — August, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• News in the TRICARE Pharmacy Program

• Atrial Fibrillation

• TRICARE 'Backs' New Surgeries

• Congress Overrides President's Veto

• TRDP Benefits Enhancement Coming

• VA Offers New Online Resource Service

• Pay Matters

• New Board to Ensure Consistency in Disability Ratings

• Yes, More on the GI Education Benefit

• Cost Estimates of Vets' Benefits Change

• VA Announces Online Claims Applications

• Tracking the 2009 COLA

• Community Matters

• Ohio Gives Veterans In-State Rates At Public Colleges

• Passes for Contractors Visiting Korea

• Ordinarily Resident Status and Contractors

• Federal Service Matters

• Raise Would Be Largest Since 2004

• Mileage Rate May Increase

• Laughing Matters

• Medicare Coverage in a Nutshell

• All Seniors Aren't Senile!

• Just Waiting

• The Boss

• RSO's Corner

• Death of an Osan Icon

• Web Site Standardization

Newsletter 2008-07 — July, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DoD Pharmacy to Electronically Publish Uniform Formulary

• Gray Area TRICARE Bill

• TRICARE Fees Overseas

• Court Limits Agent Orange Benefits

• Pay Matters

• IRS Statute of Limitations

• CRSC Processing Begins — Have You Applied?

• Legislation Matters

• VICTORY AT LAST!

• Community Matters

• AAFES Delivers Healthy Return on Investment to Military Community in '07

• Gates: Normal Korea Tours Possible

• Federal Service Matters

• Retirement Upgrade Hits Snag

• COLA Proposal Gets an Airing

• Laughing Matters

• Old Dog, New Trick!

• Baptist Cowboy

• Director's Corner

• Osan Retiree Appreciation Day

• Keeping in Touch

Newsletter 2008-06 — June, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• VA To Contact Vets, Offer Info on Benefits

• Korean Health Insurance Adds Long-Term Care Coverage

• Clock Ticks on Medicare Fix

• Pay Matters

• SBP Accounts Being Reviewed

• [U.S. Citizens] Who Work for Exchanges, MWR to Get Pay Boost

• Tracking the 2009 COLA

• Convert Your Paper Savings Bonds Using SmartExchange

• Legislative Matters

• Veterans' Benefits Boost Approved by House VA Committee

• HASC Completes 2009 NDAA, Recommends Reducing Military Retiree COLA

• Supplemental War Spending Bill Upended in House

• Supplemental War Spending Bill Stalls in Senate

• Panel Acts on TRICARE, Commissaries, Survivors, Reserve Benefits

• More Maneuvering Over the War Supplemental

• Community Matters

• VA Benefits Authorized by 2008 NDAA

• Bank-Issued Credit and Debit Diminishes Military Shoppers' Return on Investment

• Military StarSM Rewards MasterCard® to 'Go Where You Go'

• Federal Service Matters

• Cost Issues Raised on Benefit Improvement Bills

• Concerns Raised Over Employees Sent to War Zones

• Laughing Matters

• In Search of Perfection

• Planning Ahead

• Golf Course Hazard

• Why God Made Moms

• Director's Corner

• Update on an Osan Icon

• In My Opinion

• Elegant Solution

Newsletter 2008-05 — May, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Pharmacy Costs Soar

• Senior Moments

• WARNING: Be Careful Before You Have Any Scheduled Hospitalization

• Pay Matters

• VA Compensation Garnishment

• Economic Stimulus Package Update

• SGLI premiums to drop on July 1

• VA Home Loan Update

• Pennsylvania Vets' Bonus

• COLA Update

• DFAS Begins Account Review for 'Paid-Up Survivor Benefit Plan'

• Retro Payments Progress Continues

• Community Matters

• Department to Phase Out Full Social Security Numbers on IDs

• Air Force Has New Web Site for Retirees

• Philippine Tourist Visa Update

• VA Website Changes

• Federal Service Matters

• GAO Pay Bill Approved

• Study of Disability Idea

• Movement on Pay Raise Coming

• Laughing Matters

• Truth Is Stranger Funnier Than Fiction

• How Do I Love Thee?

• There's a Moral Here

• Unforgettable Memorial

• Director's Corner

• Osan Hospital Update

• Web Site Software Projects

Newsletter 2008-04 — April, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Shingles Vaccine Coverage Explained

• Retiree Hearing Aid Purchase Program

• Five Years of VA Health Care for Combat Veterans

• TRICARE Uniform Formulary Update Announced

• Diet and Exercise Myths

• TRICARE in the Philippines

• Pay Matters

• Disability 'Overhaul' Bill Introduced

• Some Vets Must File 2007 Tax Return to Receive Rebate

• QRMC: Count Retirement, Health Care in Compensation Standard

• Key Panel: No Health Fee Increases

• Reducing Copays Saves Everyone Money

• Survivor Matters

• SBP

• Community Matters

• Groundbreaking for New Gulfport AFRH

• Contract Awarded for New Walter Reed

• DeCA Implements New Lockout Procedure

• Why Don't Commissaries 'Double' Coupon?

• Top Five [MOAA] Member Questions

• Laughing Matters

• Firemen's Dog

• Nine Months Later

• Forgetful Samaritan

• Cake Diet

• Prove It

• Traffic Camera

• Director's Corner

• Military Medical Care Tightens for Retirees at Osan AB

• E-Mail Newsletter Update

• Female Soldier Earns Silver Star

Newsletter 2008-03 — March, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Administration Includes Task Force's Proposed Retiree Enrollment Fees and Co-Pays in Its FY09 Proposed DoD Budget

• GAO: Privatize Medical Jobs Carefully

• Preventive Care? Let's Get Serious

• More Drugs Moved Into Third Tier $22 Co-Pay

• Pay Matters

• VA Selects Contractor for Study

• File Your Taxes Free On-Line

• CRSC Expansion Rules Place Claims "On Hold"

• Economic Stimulus Package Includes Veterans' Benefits

• Budget Hits Medicare Beneficiaries' Wallets

• Military Retiree Alert

• COLA Count Jumps

• Survivor Matters

• Military Widows Win Right to Sue Government for SBP

• Veterans, Make Sure Your Family Knows Where to Find Your DD-214

• Community Matters

• Postal Rates

• Pulling the Plug on Overseas On-base Slot Machines

• Beware of E-mail, Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name

• Request from Korean Vet, Agent Orange Claim

• Federal Service Matters

• DoD Bill Signed, Suit Dropped

• OPM Targets Time-in-Grade Rule

• Laughing Matters

• Ad Nauseum

• It's All Relative

• Good Question, Better Response

• Director's Corner

• Health Care in Korea

• I'm a Volunteer

• Korean Health Insurance: A Reminder

Newsletter 2008-02 — February, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Editorial, Articles Cite VA's Health Care Successes

• Advance In DoD-VA Sharing of E-Health Records

• GAO: Stronger Management Data Needed in Veteran Disability Reevaluations

• Additional Uniform Formulary Changes Coming

• TRICARE for Life 'Explanation of Benefits' Goes Digital

• Men Who Exercise More, Live Longer

• Importance of Vaccinations for Adults

• TRICARE Covers 'Lap-Band' Surgery

• Pay Matters

• As I See It - Offsets Crumbling Under Scrutiny

• Social Security Rates Changing

• Medicare Costs Rise

• Clarification of New IU Rules

• Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Vets Due IRS Refund

• WEP/GPO Opponents Testify before Congress

• COLA Count Up to 1 Percent

• VA Increases Travel Reimbursement for Eligible Veterans

• Survivor Matters

• Military Widows Take On Uncle Sam

• Community Matters

• Free Space A Flights for Families of Deployed

• New Web Site Shows Where the Troops Are

• Children's Scholarship Deadline Nears

• Support for America's Troops Surges in 2007

• DoD Begins Recruiting for National Language Service Corps Pilot

• Laughing Matters

• Birth Order of Children

• Only in America

• Montana State Trooper

• Just Ask Me

• Director's Corner

• Web Site Maintenance

• Social Security Claims Processing

Newsletter 2008-01 — January, 2008     (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Task Force: Military Benefits "Unfair to Taxpayers"

• Merry Christmas (?) from the Task Force

• TRICARE For Lifers: Pony Up?

• Difficult-to-Detect Ailment Killing Thousands

• Pay Matters

• Veto Expected on Defense Authorization Bill

• NDAA Does Not Change Paid Up Provisions of SBP

• DFAS To Release 2007 Tax Statements

• 'VA Retro' Payment Completion Delayed

• CRDP/CRSC Open Season in January

• Legislative Matters

• NDAA Awaiting Final Approval

• Community Matters

• AAFES to Host Online Video Contest

• Veteran Charities

• Percentage of Veterans in Congress Drop

• Army Reorganization

• AF Consolidates Support Programs

• Federal Service Matters

• Mileage Rate Likely to Climb

• FEGLI Coverage Guidance Issued

• Expert's View: Keeping Your Plans Private

• Two Special Hiring Programs End

• Laughing Matters

• 0-200 in 6 Seconds

• Night Nurse

• Christmas Kitchen

• For Dog Lovers

• Director's Corner

• RSO – MRAO: What's the Difference?

• Defense Board Sounds Louder Alarm About Foreign Software Development

• How Much Is A Billion?