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AARP’s 2022 990 Reveals Over $1.1 Billion in Annual Corporate Royalty Payments

CONTACT: Michael DeSantis michael@americancommitment.org AARP’s 2022 990 Reveals Over $1.1 Billion in Annual Corporate Royalty Payments Mostly From a Single Health Insurance Conglomerate: UnitedHealth Group   Washington, D.C. — November 14, 2023 — AARP’s 2022 990 form confirmed its recent audited financial statement, revealing that the “seniors advocacy organization” was paid more than $1.1 billion via corporate royalties last year. Based on historical analysis and assumptions, most of those funds are likely attributable to a single company, Minnesota-based…

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St. Louis Dispatch: Seniors are disappointed with efforts to lower Medicare costs — and rightly so

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act is not proving popular with a group it aims to help — older Americans. That’s according to a recent survey from Commitment to Seniors. More than 80% of likely voters over 55 believe the IRA hasn’t helped them personally in terms of lowering the impact of inflation, consumer costs, and prescription drug prices. Almost eight in ten say the IRA is a failure one year after its passage. But wait,…

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Townhall: The AARP-UnitedHealth Alliance Is Putting Seniors Last

AARP, once known as the American Association of Retired Persons, is still mistakenly perceived by many as a senior’s group, despite its significant transformation in recent years. In fact, the organization no longer represents anything substantial, as its original purpose and commitment to advancing the interests of seniors have seemingly vanished. Today, AARP primarily functions as a marketing and advocacy tool for United Health, the largest health insurance company in the United States. Rather than…

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Washington Examiner: Older people call Bidenomics a ‘failure’ and ‘cruel jest’

President Joe Biden’s hope of riding his costly spending bill to reelection has fallen flat because older people now see it as a bait-and-switch scheme to push a leftist green agenda at their expense. Overwhelmingly, older voters said that they have received little or no benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act Biden has been touting in stops around the country. Instead, they believe that the only beneficiaries of the economic hype have been Biden and his political pals. “From consumer prices…

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