Comments on: AARP Leaves Questions Unanswered

By: martyinaz

martyinaz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:04:50 +0000

I favor a massive e-mail attack on AARP. Please post the address for all to see. I am no longer a member so I don;t have it. Please tell us.

By: SteveLA

SteveLA — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:03:19 +0000

Long memories are at work here and I’d be all in favor of once Republicans regain power the ending of the ability of AARP to sell insurance products.

I get the cards from AARP to join, they go in the trash.

By: martyinaz

martyinaz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:56:47 +0000

I dropped AARP back when I found they were behind the doughnut deal in drug coverage. I have paid into Social Security since I was 10 years old. I have paid in to Medicare since it became the law of the land. I HAVE PAID MY FAIR SHARE. The last thing I need is to give one penny to an organization that would support a plan to remove 500 billion from Medicare for seniors, so they can redistribute the money to health care for illegal aliens. And believe me, that is what will happen. The minute Obamacare becomes law, with one stroke of the pen, the illegals will be granted amnesty, and citizenship, and then be given coverage.

So the big question truly is, with their income from members being only 23 percent of the total, and kickback from United Health Care giving up another 38 percent, WHO is behind the rest of the money? I like the idea of e-mailing them for an answer. If everyone were to do this they may just get the message. How about a massive e-mail attack?

By: towerclimber

towerclimber — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:53:50 +0000

Instead of asking questions…follow the money!
These things can only survive if they don’t see the light of day.
When folks see who AARP is truly beholden to, they’ll be unable to speak for the people with any integrity.

By: qurys

qurys — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:33:48 +0000

It is fairly clear what AARP’s position is. You can tell the supporters of Obamacare from those in opposition. The opposition has a principled response. AARP could easily poll their members and then publish their members responses and follow the recommendations of their members in support or opposition of the bill. This would be the principled response for an organization which purports to represent senior citizens and their concerns with Medicare. Clearly this has not been the case as I am a member of AARP. Therefore they do not “represent” seniors in whatever their position is. The movement out of AARP has changed the operating revenue from 23% to a slightly smaller number. I would also ask where any organization which purports to represent seniors gets the remainder of their operating budget. With 23% coming from membership and 38% coming from United Healthcare, that leaves a whopping 39% from other sources. I would be curious where that 39% allegiance goes to. But at the end of the mathematical day, clearly the senior citizens are the least of their concerns.

By: fjrealamericans

fjrealamericans — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:44 +0000

I agree a much stronger attack is needed.
I have also sent numerous emails asking for explanations about their backing of the proposed healthcare debacles, and have gotten the same vanilla, generic answers.
Smoke & mirrors, which is why I resigned & joined ASA.

By: mosander

mosander — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:47:44 +0000

I am sure the membership is dwindling. They did not poll the membership on healthcare and kept requesting money so they could be a PAC for seniors. Well, my mother and I resigned with a blistering comments that they no longer represent us and many seniors.

By: Paul_In_Houston

Paul_In_Houston — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:44:01 +0000

…and they go straight into the shredder.

I joined them a few years ago when my IT job went south (or, more accurateley, east – to Bangalore, India). I went into depression and into early retirement.

I actually joined them in hope of finding help in becoming UN-retired (probably oxymoronic, considering what their initials stand for), and found them exceedingly useless at that.

I want no part of them anymore.

By: longwalker

longwalker — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:51:05 +0000

but they continue to send me their Emails. They have climbed into bed with Obama and his supporters and are urgingtheir membership to go drink the kool-aid. I may be an old coot but my parents did not raise a fool.

By: drfredc

drfredc — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:02:01 +0000

Nice question Dave, but you’re being too kind here. Time to take the gloves off, lower your RINO horn at the target and attack. Who know perhaps you might be able to check your RINO horn at the door and earn your trunk back.

It’s as plain as a RINOs horn — The Obamacrats have bought the AARP leadership off with a promise of higher AARP Medicare program revenue at the cost of poorer health care options for their retired membership. The AARP leadership gets the golden parachute, members get the shaft…