Just cancelled my AARP after health insurance rejection
My wife still maintains her Washington state residency in order to keep he Blue Cross / Blue Shield policy.
A few week ago she spoke with a AARP representative about their health insurance program through Aetna. After going over he past medical history with the AARP representative, she was encouraged to apply with the Aetna program.
Well, it only took Aetna a few days to reject her application on the flimsiest of reasons. I have seen the AARP CEO on TV and I am pretty sure that even he wouldn't be accepted by Aetna.
Basically, they are cherry picking only the healthiest members of AARP for insurnace. Nobody overweight, nobody on blood pressure or cholesterol medication.
I wrote the CEO a letter about this practice and received a polite reply that implied they allow Aetna to do this in order to maximize their own profits on this arrangement. No use risking their profits signing up somebody that may actually need to see a doctor in the future.
AARP might as well be an insurance company, that is where they make their real money.
On the plus side, I do get a dues refund of about $20.
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