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Title: An Assessment of the Military Survivor Benefit Plan

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2018

ISBN: 978-0-8330-9993-8

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Abstract: The Survivor Bene t Plan (SBP) provides income security for the survivors of U.S. service members who perform in an authorized-duty status—whether active or inactive—and die in the line of duty, as well as for the survivors of retired members enrolled in SBP. is report responds to Congress’s request for an assessment of SBP. e assessment includes information about SBP participation and available bene ts, how SBP compares with similar plans in public organizations and private companies, and how large a contribution SBP makes to survivors’ incomes. Congress also requested that the assessment consider the feasibility and advisability of having SBP provided by commercial sources. This report should interest groups and individuals concerned with the adequacy of ben- e ts available to the survivors of service members. This research was sponsored by O ce of the Secretary of Defense and conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the O ce of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Sta , the Uni ed Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community. For more information on the RAND the Forces and Resources Policy Center, see www. rand.org/nsrd/ndri/centers/frp or contact the director (contact information is provided on the webpage).

Url: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR2200/RR2236/RAND_RR2236.pdf

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Authors: Hosek, James; Asch, Beth, J; Mattock, Michael, G; Gutierrez, Italo, A; Tong, Patricia, K; Knutson, Felix

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other

Countries: United States