Book/Printed Material An Assessment of the Military Survivor Benefit Plan

Title

• An Assessment of the Military Survivor Benefit Plan

Summary

• "The Survivor Benefit 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. This report responds to Congress's request for an assessment of SBP. The assessment includes information about SBP participation and available benefits, 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. Overall, the authors find that SBP is well structured to serve the role of providing survivor benefits to service members and military retirees, and SBP benefits generally compare well to those of public and private plans. Using commercial sources to provide survivor benefits appears feasible; however, the advisability of shifting to commercial sources requires information not currently available about internal and external cost and quality of service under different approaches to outsourcing."--Publisher's description.

Names

• Hosek, James R., author
• Asch, Beth J., author
• Gutierrez, Italo, author
• Knutson-Felix, Sharon, author
• Mattock, Michael G., 1961- author
• Tong, Patricia K., author
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsor
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center, issuing body
• Rand Corporation, publisher
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2018]
• ©2018

Contents

• Summary. -- Chapter one, Introduction. -- Chapter two, A description of SBP and military survivor benefits. -- Chapter three, How do SBP benefits compare with survivor benefits available to government and private-sector employees? -- Chapter four, Evaluating the effectiveness of SBP. -- Chapter five, Feasibility and advisability of providing SBP commercially. -- Chapter six, Conclusion. -- Appendixes. -- References.

Headings

• -  Families of military personnel--Services for--Contracting out
• -  Military pensions--United States--Evaluation
• -  Soldiers--Salaries, etc.--United States
• -  Survivors' benefits--United States--Evaluation
• -  Soldiers--Salaries, etc
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--Title page.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xxii, 152 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB373

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739140

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739140

Reproduction Number

• $45.00

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739140

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