Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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You can label it overly reactionary, plain stupid or whatever you like but when I recognized that my dues were being used to advance their agenda and not "the people's" interest it made it clear that I was wasting my money Personal Best Regards: |
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How the AARP Made $2.8 Billion By Supporting Obamacare's Cuts to Medicare - Forbes
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"According to AARP's 2008 Consolidated financials, it was paid $652,000,000 in royalties from insurance companies that sold products referred by AARP. AARP also received an additional $120,000,000 for the advertisements placed in its publications." ......Health insurance Approximately seven million people have AARP branded health insurance, including drug coverage and Medigap, as of April 2007 and AARP earns more income from selling insurance to members than it does from membership dues. ...... ...AARP will likely become the largest source of health insurance for Medicare recipients, and AARP estimates the new products will increase its health insurance customers to 14 million by 2014. AARP is not an insurer and does not pay insurance claims. Instead, AARP allows its name to be used by insurance companies in the sale of insurance products, for which it is paid a commission like an insurance agent. Senator Charles E. Grassley... Senate Finance Committee, said in 2008 that the "limited benefit" insurance plans offered by AARP through UnitedHealth provided inadequate coverage and were marketed deceptively. One plan offered $5,000 for surgery that may cost two or three times that amount....... AARP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia AARP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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I find AARP publications very informative and have saved money with that information. I also have my car insurance (because its the best price) through AARP and my supplemental health insurance for the past six years because it is an excellent plan. None of the publications are "political" --- nothing like the comments in this thread.
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What is being said in the thread is that: - they make more (hundreds of) millions of dollars more from insurance advertising/sales/royalties than they do from membership dues; - they profit in the hundreds of millions from government/taxpayer-sponsored insurance plans like Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, federal/state employee plans etc; - those profits are always thought to be money that could be used to provide coverage to those who cannot get or afford it; - those profits stand to increase hugely with the government giving them with United Healthcare even more "public" coverage contracts in the current reform. In fact, the "United Healthcare MEDICARE STORES" that opened here in TV illustrate that growth. - it's the agenda in the background that's what's being discussed here....not "politics". I don't think a single person here wants insurance companies to make even more profits at the expense of financing the programs that are supposed to get everyone covered affordably. Last edited by ilovetv; 03-07-2014 at 10:42 PM. Reason: sp |
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No, Ever wonder why they don't offer a life time membership? I let my membership expire and joined the NRA, better discounts.
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By virtue of the fact that AARP inserts itself in the marketing/selling process of insurance it has in effect raised the cost of doing business and that cost is transferred to consumers.
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