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AARP objects
Posted: Oct 4, 2012
and being protrayed as supporting one candidate (Obama) over the other. Yet they're totally behind Obamacare - financially and otherwise - something that most Americans are against. They're very left leaning in other aspects of the political stratosphere and spend tons of money in mass mailings and phone calls to get certain legislation passed or not. Info easily available online. ;
Seniors, GOP and dem alike, DO NOT - vote against their own interests.
[ In Reply To ..]What in the world is surprising about AARP supporting measures they feel help protect Medicare and Social Security? So they don't toe the Fox line of nonsense on this. So what? I participate in plenty of AARP programs and social activities, and I can assure you they are not a liberal monolith. They don't want vouchers. They don't trust privatization when it comes to their medical care. Many of them had to scratch and claw their way to eligibility age through a medical care desert, uninsured and on county dole to get there or going without all together, due to pre-existing conditions, an unexpected loss of jobs and subsequent loss of group coverage.
They want to preserve what works for them. Their articles, studies and website go into excruciating detail in their analyses of why they support Obamacare. They appreciate the disappearance of the donut hole. They do not want to see it come back. They believe that injecting private sector "competition" will shrink the Medicare pool, increase their costs and ultimately transform what's left of the Medicare "choice" into the highest-risk pool on the planet, once the private carriers siphon off all the healthier seniors while leaving the others up poop creek without a paddle. The also believe that under those circumstances, only the wealthiest in their cohort will be able to afford the same comprehensive treatments they now have under the current plan.
That does not make them left-leaning. It makes them cautious. Get over it.
AARP is definitely a liberal-leaning organization - sm
[ In Reply To ..]as evidenced by the standards you put forth. My husand and I chose AMAC because they stand for the conservative values that we hold. People can choose either, but to say that AARP is not politically involved is incorrect. They've flooded political phone lines many a time. As above poster stated, this is easily researched online.
These days all organizations serving people are "liberal - leaning" in comparison to those that do not.N
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Yes, they do want to preserve what works for them because - backwards typist
[ In Reply To ..]they are mainly an insurance company. What benefits do you get besides a discount on car insurance, health insurance, and/or prescription coverage(insurance)? Don't they also offer a discount on eye exams(insurance).
Do they offer discounts on vacations like they used to? I never see an ad for that. What other social activities or programs do they offer? You never see those advertised.
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