Last week, Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry moran met with members of Gold Star families from Kansas, ahead of Gold Star Families Remembrance Week, to hear their concerns and find ways to improve the lives of surviving families across the country. Under current law, most benefits from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are terminated for surviving spouses of fallen service members who remarry before age 55. Moran says his legislation, ‘The Love Lives On’ Act, would allow surviving spouses to retain these benefits upon remarriage regardless of age.
A survivor who marries is still a survivor, regardless of when they remarry, and they should not have to choose between getting married again or keeping the survivor benefits that they rely on to support their family. Last year, part of the Love Lives On Act was passed to allow surviving spouses to retain access to commissaries and exchanges on U.S. military bases even if they remarry. Moran vows to continue to work to make certain the full legislation is considered by the senate.
