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Matthew Boyle The Daily Caller 1/5/2012 A Supreme Court amicus briefing filed by the AARP indicates that during the national debate over President Obama’s health care overhaul, the senior-citizen advocacy group did not prioritize stopping Medigap providers, including itself, from discriminating against seniors with pre-existing conditions. This stands in stark contrast with AARP’s past claims. […] January 6th, 2012 | Tags: Jim Dau, Medicare Part D, Medicare Transitional Care Benefit, Medigap, pre-existing conditions | Category: AARP, Barack Obama, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care, Progressives, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Meredith Jessup The Blaze 4/8/2011 With reports that the AARP may bank $1 billion from ObamaCare — a law the non-profit organization lobbied hard for — three Republicans on the House Ways and Means committee have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service calling for an investigation into the tax-exempt status of AARP. The […] April 14th, 2011 | Tags: AARP, cronyism, House Ways and Means Committee | Category: AARP, Congress, corruption, Health Care, IRS, Taxes | Comments are closed
By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times December 4, 2009 In the first showdown over the Senate health care bill, Democrats on Thursday successfully defended more than $400 billion in Medicare cuts, turning back a potentially lethal stab at the measure. On a 58-42 vote, the Senate defeated an effort by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, […] December 4th, 2009 | Tags: Medicare, Sen. Christopher Dodd, Sen. John McCain | Category: AARP, Health Care | Comments are closed
by John Stossel FoxBusiness.com November 24, 2009 Tonight, Bill O’Reilly asked me why the AARP supports Obamacare. Polls show that just 30 percent of seniors want it. I think it’s because the AARP is a political machine. The AARP was founded on lefty principles. Their mission statement references “positive social change”, “collective purpose”, and a […] November 25th, 2009 | Tags: Bill O'Reilly, John Stossel | Category: AARP, Health Care, insurance, TAKE ACTION! | Comments are closed
by Philip Klein The American Spectator 11.18.09 AARP, which has given its full-throated support to Democratic health care legislation even though seniors remain largely opposed, received an $18 million grant in the economic stimulus package for a job training program that has not created any jobs, according to the Obama administration’s Recovery.gov website. The Senior […] November 20th, 2009 | Tags: Barry Rand, Medicare Advantage, Medigap | Category: "Stimulus" program, AARP, Barack Obama, Health Care, Taxes | Comments are closed
New AARP chief gave big to Obama By Jeffrey Young The Hill 03/12/09 Incoming AARP CEO A. Barry Rand contributed $8,900 to President Obama’s campaign committees, federal records show. Rand, a retired senior executive at Xerox Corp., Avis Group and Equitant Inc. and the current chairman of Howard University’s board of trustees, gave the maximum […] |
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