GOP sets sights on AARP over its support for healthcare reform

Julian Pecquet The Hill 3/25/2011

Newly empowered House Republicans are getting ready to renew their attacks against AARP over its support for the healthcare reform law, The Hill has learned.

The Ways and Means health and oversight subcommittees are hauling in the seniors lobby’s executives before the panel for an April 1 hearing on how […]

AARP Slashes Employee Health Plan to Avoid ObamaCare Tax

AARP to Employees: Your Insurance Costs are Going Up Thanks to the Great Affordable Health Care Plan We Promoted

Doug Powers MichelleMalkin.com 11/5/2010

Nancy Pelosi said it: “We need to pass health care reform so we can find out what’s in it.” Some people were actually excited by that prospect, like contestants on Let’s Make […]

And now from the same AARP folks who helped bring you Obamacare – a 13 percent health insurance premium increase

Mark Tapscott Washington Examiner 11/5/2010

Among President Obama’s key allies in selling Obamacare was the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the 40-million member liberal non-profit advocacy group that spent millions of dollars from its members – many of whom are anything but liberal – on a multi-media campaign to help the White House.

One […]

Social Security Cuts Weighed by Panel

Laura Meckler The Wall Street Journal 8/20/2010

A White House-created commission is considering proposals to raise the retirement age and take other steps to shore up the finances of Social Security, prompting key players to prepare for a major battle over the program’s future.

The panel is looking for a mix of ideas that could […]

Why aren’t health care companies suing over ObamaCare

Obama Watch News 25 May 2010

Today Kathleen Sebelius asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare. The suit was filed by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and will soon be joined by a separate suit brought by twenty other states — but notably, no health care corporations are among […]

Democrats Cut Back-Room Deals Benefiting AARP

GOP.gov Policy News September 10, 2009

Democrats Cut Back-Room Deals Benefiting AARP Organization Gouges Seniors to Fund PR Blitz

“There’s an inherent conflict of interest….They’re ending up becoming very dependent on sources of income.” – Former AARP Executive Marilyn Moon, quoted in Bloomberg article

Speaker Pelosi recently called insurance companies “immoral villains,” and Sen. Jay […]

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