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ROA Executive Director Jeff Phillips wrote an op-ed piece that was published June 1, 2019 on
ROA legislative priority for health care.

Jeff wrote, “A single TRICARE Prime health care option for the reserve components is the cost to
ensure their readiness and eliminate the expensive, readiness robbing complications of the
current bureaucratic tangle. Anything less shortchanges our citizen-warriors and their families.”

You might also be interested in scrolling to the end of the article to read the comments that were
posted.

Op-Eds and Articles

ROA national staff regularly contributes opinion pieces to publications such as The Hill and the
Military Times. In order to make articles easier to access they are now archived on the ROA
website under Publications/Op-Ed Articles.

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Department and Chapter Grassroots Efforts

During the month of July the House and Senate
will be in regular session after returning from
the 4th of July recess.

Congress will only have about 9 days together
to advance the National Defense Authorization
Act and any appropriation bills.

Typically, Congress travels on Monday and
Friday which is why most legislative action
takes place three days a week on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday.