How AARP’s support for ObamaCare was bought and paid for

Why did AARP ignore the overwhelming opposition among seniors, calls from their own members running 14-1 against…

Phil Kerpen
FoxNews.com
8/24/2012

In 1999, the American Association of Retired Persons officially changed its name to “AARP,” which has since officially stood for nothing. So it’s fitting that in the orgy of corrupt backroom deals that resulted in the president’s deeply unpopular health care law, the worst of all was cut by AARP, an insurance purveyor that used to be a seniors group. With Obama taking to the airwaves touting AARP support, it’s important to remember how the dirty deal was done.

Seniors hated Obama’s bill, because they rightly feared its steep cuts to Medicare with no meaningful cost containment mechanism other than denial-of-care.  Those cuts have already ballooned from an initial estimate of $500 billion to $700 billion, and additional cuts from the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board are authorized without a vote of Congress…

…Why did AARP ignore the overwhelming opposition among seniors, calls from their own members running 14-1 against, and emotional town hall confrontations all over the country?

Money…

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H/T Red Pill Report

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