According to CNN and 60 Minutes reports, AARP was a virtually unknown organization until an insurance company executive came across it and thought it would provide a great avenue to sell insurance. That was the real beginning of AARP and it certainly hasn’t changed.
Nationally, 28% of Medicare recipients choose Medicare Advantage plans. (On a state-by-state basis the number runs as high 49% according to the Kaiser Foundation.) AARP actively lobbies against Medicare Advantage plans. Why? AARP’s profit comes from selling Medigap insurance policies, which are not needed by those who are in Medicare Advantage plans.
The emails between AARP and the Obama administration that were released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee prove conclusively that AARP worked directly with the Obam