Oct 24, 2003.
Letter urges House and Senate conferees to the Iraq Emergency spending bill to earmark funds for initiatives that will help deployed troops and their families. Some items in the letter were ultimately approved and are expected to win final enactment.

Sept 24, 2003.
TMC's letter commenting on (IFR), 32 CFR Part 199, RIN 0720-AA79, "Elimination of Nonavailability Statement and Referral Authorization Requirements and Elimination of Specialized Treatment Services Program"

Sept 11, 2003.
TMC letter to House Govt. Reform Committee Chairman Davis supporting hearings for PHS Commissioned Corps transformation.

Sept 8, 2003.
This letter to conferees reinforces TMC's position to retain provisions in H.R. 1 and S. 1 in the final Medicare Reform bill to allow retirees who are not enrolled in Medicare Part B to enroll in Part B without the severe penalty of late enrollment fees and thus gain eligibility for TRICARE for Life.

July 21, 2003.
TMC letter to Dr. Winkenwerder asking for reassurance that the Medicare prescription drug bill won't impose any changes on TRICARE Senior Pharmacy benefits.

June 30, 2003.
Letter to all Senators who are non-cosponsors of S. 249, urging them to sign on as cosponsors. This bill would allow retention of DIC on remarriage after age 55. Similar letter sent to House members on companion legislation , H.R. 36.

June 24, 2003.
TMC urges support for Senator Kyl's Sense of the Senate to the prescription drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

June 24, 2003.
Letter to members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, expressing Coalition recommendations to resolve House and Senate differences in their respective versions of the FY2004 Defense Authorization Bill. Attachment to Letter is matrix of key House/Senate/TMC recommendations.

June 11, 2003.
Letter to Senate Finance Committee to stop 4.2% cut in Medicare physician fees slated by CMS for 1/04

June 11, 2003.
This letter supports Senator Blanche L. Lincoln's (D-AR) amendment that would waive the Medicare Part B late enrollment penalty for retired uniformed service beneficiaries so that they may use TRICARE for Life (TFL) as intended by Congress.

May 22, 2003.
Letter to House conferees urging them to retain uniform service and Foreign Service tax provisions in H.R. 2, The Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003.

May 22, 2003.
Letter to Senate conferees urging them to retain uniform service and Foreign Service tax provisions in H.R. 2, The Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003.

May 15, 2003.
Letter to Sen Mary Landrieu (D-LA), urging her to offer an amendment to the Senate FY 2004 Defense Authorization Bill based on her bill, S. 401, which would raise the SBP benefit after age 62.

May 15, 2003.
TMC letter to the ASD HA and Surgeons General expressing opposition to AAs delivering anesthesia in MTFs.

May 13, 2003.
TMC letter urging cosponsorship of S 569 to repeal annual Medicare therapy caps on OT, PT and Speech Rx.

May 13, 2003.
TMC letter urging cosponsorship of HR 1125 to repeal annual Medicare therapy caps on OT, PT and Speech Rx.

May 2, 2003.
Letter supports unlimited commissary access for National Guard and Reserve servicemembers and urges that the Senate include such authority in the Fiscal Year 2004 defense bill.

May 2, 2003.
TMC letters to the Subcommittee on Total Force of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) urging them to remove limits on beneficiaries who have other health insurance from enrolling in the U.S. Family Health Plan.

May 2, 2003.
TMC letters to the Subcommittee on Total Force of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) urging them to remove limits on beneficiaries who have other health insurance from enrolling in the U.S. Family Health Plan.

May 2, 2003.
TMC letters to the Subcommittee on Total Force of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) expressing opposition to proposals that would increase TRICARE Standard beneficiary maternity cost shares and/or delay eliminating the requirement to obtain a nonavailability statement (NAS) for maternity care.

May 2, 2003.
TMC letters to the Subcommittee on Total Force of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Subcommittee on Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) expressing opposition to proposals that would increase TRICARE Standard beneficiary maternity cost shares and/or delay eliminating the requirement to obtain a nonavailability statement (NAS) for maternity care.

May 1, 2003.
Letter to Rep Henry Brown (R-SC), thanking him for sponsoring H.R. 1726, repeal of the SBP-DIC offset. Similar letters sent to members of the House urging copsonsorship.

May 1, 2003.
Letter to Sen Bill Nelson (D-FL), thanking him for sponsoring S. 585, repeal of the SBP-DIC offset. Similar letters sent to members of the Senate urging cosponsorship.

Apr 30, 2003.
TMC letter to Rep Susan Davis (D-CA) thanking her for introducing legislation to tie future military pay raises directly to private sector wage growth.

Apr 25, 2003.
Letter to members of House and Senate urging support for 4.1% pay raise for NOAA/PHS - the same as proposed for the other five uniformed services.

Apr 15, 2003.
This bill would authorize wraparound health care insurance options for members of the National Guard and Reserve forces and their families.

Apr 4, 2003.
Letter to key leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees expressing opposition to a Pentagon proposal to consolidate all service pay and other accounts into single accounts for each service.

Mar 20, 2003.
TMC letter to members of House and Senate urging them to cosponsor H.R.1231 and S. 623 to allow members of the uniformed services and Federal annuitants to pay certain health insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis.

Mar 18, 2003.
Letter supporting HR 879, a bill that would permit certain active duty career servicemembers who turned down VEAP when they entered the service to be permitted a one-time opportunity to enroll in the Montgomery GI Bill.

Mar 13, 2003.
The Military Coalition provided a letter strongly supporting Senator Ensign's and Rep. Cardin's legislation that waives the Medicare Part B enrollment penalty for military retirees who are eligible for TRICARE for Life.

Mar 10, 2003.
Letters to members of the House and Senate Budget Committees urging them to include budget authority for H.R. 548 and S. 451 in their respective FY2004 Budget Resolutions. These bills would raise the Survivor Benefit Plan annuitry after age 62 to 55 percent.

Mar 4, 2003.
Letter to Sen. Snowe thanking her for sponsoring S. 451, the 'Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2003'. Additional letters to Senators asking them to cosponsor S. 451 and to those cosponsors of former Sen. Thurmond's S. 145 in the 107th Congress asking them to now cosponsor S. 451. Text similar to letters to House members regarding H.R. 548 under Feb. 10 entry above.

Feb 10, 2003.
TMC letters to members of the House urging them to cosponsor H.R. 548, a bill to improve SBP benefits. Separate letter included to former cosponsors of SBP legislation in the 107th Congress.

Feb 10, 2003.
TMC letters to members of the House urging them to cosponsor H.R. 548, a bill to improve SBP benefits. Separate letter included to former cosponsors of SBP legislation in the 107th Congress.

Feb 3, 2003.
TMC letter to Rep Jeff Miller (R-FL), thanking him for sponsoring H.R. 548, a bill to improve SBP benefits.

Jan 8, 2003.
Letter to Senate urging reversal of Medicare provider payment cuts that threaten health care access for Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries.

Jan 8, 2003.
Letter urging HASC to retain the Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation as a separate stand alone panel for the 108th Congress to oversee the full spectrum of military resale system and all MWR activities.