Why I Will Never Be an AARP Member

[Txsteader]

www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-03-2012/myths-canada-health-care.html

Hint: it's in the article title.

[Wanderer0101]

I pretty quickly found that I disagreed with almost all their positions. It is because AARP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the left whose primary mission is to make money by selling insurance. There blatant dishonesty in pretending to be something they are not really disgusts me. I do hate it when an organization claims to represent all of a certain group, AARP is a good example and NOW is another, their claims are just assertions but they get a lot of leverage because the media refuses to call them on it.

[Txsteader]

www.examiner.com/article/aarp-and-ama-profits-from-obamacare-have-caused-massive-membership-drops

AARP blamed the weak economy, but the primary catalyst, or “last straw” for the massive drops in AARP membership numbers was their 2009 decision to support Obamacare. While AARP membership tumbled, millions of American seniors upset with President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act went elsewhere. AARP dropped from 40 million members to less than 37 million since 2008. Similar to the American Medical Association (AMA), which has also experienced enormous membership losses, both organizations have benefited greatly from Obamacare.

AARP and AMA, once the organizations seniors and doctors turned to for principal advocacy support, have now mutated into sponsors and profiteers of the Obama healthcare agenda. AARP has turned into an insurance company through its subsidiary company. AARP is now earning over half a billion dollars in payments from their Medicare supplemental plans, dental insurance and other products sold by third parties under their specific brand names. AMA now only represents just 14% of U.S. doctors, but profits heavily on being the keeper of government health payment coding.

[Deleted]

AARP gets all their stuff sent back to them, if it comes with a postage paid envelope. Otherwise, it usually makes good fire starter paper. Have to remember to take out those plastic fake membership cards.

[Ozarks Tom]

When you get right down to it, AARP is the marketing arm for United Health Care, one of the biggest insurance companies there is.

Take heart Pony, after about 5 years their mailings drop off to about 1 a month.

[paisley]

I add lot of junk mail to the envelope. Max it out add weight.... stil it keeps coming.

I hope my mom there member is done.. they sent annual renewals every six months. So she was a member in her grave... maybe that's where dems get their voter lists.

[my3boys]

Their stuff goes right in the trash. Every call we receive from them has something to do with getting us to get free stuff from the government or sign up for something with United Insurance.

When the time comes, we will join AMAC.

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Oct 27, 2015 15:38:47 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

When you get right down to it, AARP is the marketing arm for United Health Care, one of the biggest insurance companies there is.

Take heart Pony, after about 5 years their mailings drop off to about 1 a month.

I despise UHC, and their offshoot, UBH.  As a provider, they are crooks. And the way they treat their customers and employees is despicable.

I'm sure their shareholders are pleased, but maybe they don't know how people who pay the premiums are treated.

[beowoulf90]

I will never join the communist scumbags known as AARP. These traitors sold out those they are suppose to represent.
Yet then they tried to get out of the "law" they fought to put into place..
This shows me they truly hate retirees. They have now helped to limit their members choices in how the member wants to handle their retirement.

AARP has helped line the pockets of the biggest health care providers and insurance companies and as such have proven who they really represent..

Well I can't say more with out getting profane, so I'll stop now..

[gapeach]

Wow......We have the AARP UHC Supplemental health insurance and have never had one single problem with them.

They have a new AARP UHC Advantage plan and we have been going over it but it is not going to work for us. The hospital that we use and the hospital doctors are not on the new UHC Advantage plan.

We like what we have now, choice of doctors, hospital,with no co-pays or deductibles. We pay $7 for 3 month prescriptions.

You don't have to be a AARP member.   Anybody can get it from UHC.   For some reason my husband wants to keep his AARP membership.

[beowoulf90]

Sorry I won't ever do business with AARP or anything they are connected with if possible.
They fought for the fiasco 0bamacare and then went for a waiver so they wouldn't have to do it for their own employees..
This tells me who they really serve and it isn't their members.
All I can say is they can go pound sand.

[gapeach]

I agree but since he handles our ins, for the most part, I have learned to pick my battles.
We did get good news on our prescriptions that we have been ordering by mail. They have gone down from $16 for 3 months supply to $8,

[riverdale]

If I wanted Canadian-style health care, I'd LIVE in Canada.