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what do you think about aarp endorsing health insurance reform?

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1. They are dropping members faster than clinton drops his pants.
2. Obama paid them off and made promises...who cares about what the american people want
3. To their own peril, let them do it. I know the AMA is under fire big time for their stupidity.
4. I think it's a good thing...They are a good organization.
5. big disappointment
6. They have chosen a political stance over serving their members. They've been left-leaning for a long time. Now, they have officially declared political affiliation.
7. It good evidence that when people don't listen to talk radio they make intelligent decisions based on the truth.
8. The AARP claims to be all about representing the interests of seniors, but when it comes to health care reform, they are selling seniors down the river to line their own pockets. The AARP has endorsed the gargantuan PelosiCare bill that just passed the House, despite the fact the bill proposes more than $400 billion in cuts to Medicare, which is certain to lead to rationing, inferior care and "death panels" for vulnerable senior citizens. Why? As they say, follow the money. PelosiCare will also cut Medicare Advantage by $170 billion. Medicare Advantage allows seniors to purchase private insurance with their Medicare payments, but these cuts will drive many of these seniors into inferior Medigap plans. AARP has a vested interest in seniors being driven out of Medicare Advantage into Medigap plans because AARP makes a fortune in royalty fees from Medigap plans. More than one-half of its $1.1 billion budget comes from such royalty fees, and Medigap plans make up the biggest share of this royalty revenue by far. The more seniors are forced out of Medicare Advantage into Medigap plans, the more money AARP makes. In other words, under PelosiCare, seniors lose but AARP wins - big time. Even the Washington Post noted the conflict of interest on Oct. 27, when it said, "Democratic proposals to slash reimbursements for...Medicare Advantage are widely expected to drive up demand for private Medigap policies like the ones offered by AARP."
9. Follow the money......
10. I became eligible for AARP membership yesterday. After seeing how they endorse the gutting of Medicare for poltiical reasons - to prop up an economically infeasible boondoggle of a health care plan - I do not plan to join AARP now or ever. I was STUNNED to see their ads endorsing the diversion of money from Medicare to Obamacare. AARP obviously cares more about selling their chintzy supplementary insurance on TV than defending the legitimate interests of most of their members.
11. AARP sells supplemental insurance and stands to make profits from Gov Health Care
12. It's about time! What took them so long. Losing members. Won't miss any of them.