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Originally Posted by rubicon
The power of advertising gets the best of many of us. We think not but it does. AARP has has hammered so hard on the fact that they represent the interests of retired persons but their actions speak otherwise.
Its the same with BBB. They mean well but they are totally ineffective.
Both organizations hurt in another sense in that they offer false positives; meaning most people are better off going it alone
When I left AARP I enrolled with AMAC. The moment I saw they were also advertising for insurance products I stopped
I am tired of being treated as if I just fell out of a tree by organizations such as this, politicians, corporation and the public sector. They do not even make an attempt to cover up their insincerity any longer
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AARP does not "advertise for insurance products". They use their massive membership to negotiate rates and provisions for their benefit. The New York Life plans offered through AARP are not offered through any other venue, they were specifically developed with input from AARP. You can belong to any organization you care to, but I think the political objections to AARP are overly reactionary. Interesting that several people say they like the AARP insurance programs (which were negotiated on members behalf) but don't like AARP. As they say - membership has its privileges.