From The Wall Street Journal

The Rationing Commission

November 15, 2009
As usual, the most dangerous parts of ObamaCare aren’t receiving the scrutiny they deserve—and one of the least examined is a new commission to tell Congress how to control health spending. Democrats are quietly attempting to impose a “global budget” on Medicare, with radical implications for U.S. medicine…
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From Human Events
Who Does AARP Represent In Health Care Debate?
09/10/2009

Dale Anderson trusted AARP when she joined the group over a decade ago.

But today, the Indiana resident says that’s no longer the case.

“I just took it at face value that they were representing retired citizens and I really didn’t stop to look at their agenda, thinking or philosophy,” the 61-year-old retired nurse told HUMAN EVENTS. “And over time … I started to realize they take a bit of a liberal stance on issues.”

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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33470

From The Los Angeles Times

This Isn’t the Old AARP

By Dale Van Atta
November 24, 2003

Here’s the deal: If you’re over 50, for just $12.50 a year, AARP will give you a magazine and newsletter subscription, as well as allow you to “receive discounts on car rentals, lodging, cruises” and a host of other wonderful things. And at the same time, it will argue for your most vital political interests in Washington. You’re a Republican? Democrat? Anarchist? It doesn’t matter; it knows what you want. At AARP, one lobby fits all.

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http://www.commondreams.org/scriptfiles/views03/1124-07.htm

From Investor’s Business Daily (Investors.com)

AARP’s Tacit Support For Medicare Cuts Shorts Seniors It Supposedly Represents

By GRACE-MARIE TURNERPosted 11/12/2009 06:14 PM ET

Clearly something must be up with the AARP. Why else would the nation’s largest lobbying organization, sworn to protect the interests of senior citizens, watch silently as Congress plans to cut Medicare spending by $400 billion to pay for its health reform legislation?

Could it be that the interests of seniors and the AARP are not exactly aligned?

Let’s follow the money.

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http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=512224&Ntt=

From The Washington Post

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The nation’s preeminent seniors group, AARP, has put the weight of its 40 million members behind health-care reform, saying many of the proposals will lower costs and increase the quality of care for older Americans.

But not advertised in this lobbying campaign have been the group’s substantial earnings from insurance royalties and the potential benefits that could come its way from many of the reform proposals.

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http://www.gop.gov/wtas/09/10/27/aarp-reform-advocate-and-insurance