Amidst press reports this morning that AARP is working with Democrats to sell the Congressional majoritys government takeover of health care to skeptical seniors the organization says in the release below that it will be answering the top questions about the new health care reform law e-mailed by readers to HCRquestions@aarp.org."
In that case many may want AARP to answer one simple question:
Exactly how much money does the non-profit" organization make from selling its lucrative Medigap policies to seniors?
Of course answering that question would allow individuals to calculate how much this advocacy group" stands to benefit financially from the more than $200 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts included in the health law which might explain why AARP is trying to keep secret the precise amount of royalty fee" revenue it obtains from over-charging seniors for Medigap policies. While its board chair promised at a hearing in December that AARP would disclose the amount of its Medigap revenues the organization later reversed course deciding instead to stonewall" Congress and not release this information. So the real questions AARP should be answering arent ones about the law itself but its own operations:- How much has AARP been over-charging seniors who purchased Medigap policies from the organization in order to fund educational"
efforts promoting Democrats government takeover of health care? - How much does AARP project it will benefit from the laws more than $200 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts that will result in seniors buying more AARP-branded Medigap plans as a result?
- And how many seniors must e-mail questions showing their outrage over the organizations policies of charging kickbacks" to seniors and the contempt it shows by refusing to disclose the amount of those kickbacks" before AARP finally acts in its members interests rather than its own?
