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Commitment to Seniors Applauds President Trump’s Call to Rein in Big Insurers, Warns Against Efforts to Codify “Most Favored Nation”

Washington, D.C. – February 25, 2026 – Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, applauds President Trump for addressing abusive insurer practices and urging lawmakers to rein in rising health care costs during last night’s State of the Union. However, we strongly oppose any effort to codify the administration’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug pricing proposal into law. By tying U.S. reimbursement rates to prices set by socialist-style foreign governments, MFN would undermine the…

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House Energy & Commerce Committee: Rep. Harshbarger Questions AARP–UnitedHealth Financial Ties

“Mr. Hemsley, you know I’m used to following the money, especially when patients are told something is about affordability, and AARP presents itself as an independent non-profit speaking for seniors. But its own financial filings show that UnitedHealth paid AARP over nine billion dollars in a single deal—far more than the AARP brings in from membership dues, and more than four times its annual operating revenue. They also earn royalties tied directly to insurance premiums,…

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Commitment to Seniors Opposes New “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Models

Washington, D.C. — December 23, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, opposes the Trump administration’s new drug pricing models—Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) and Guarding U.S. Medicine Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD)—which import Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug price controls directly into Medicare Part B and Part D. These price controls will negatively impact America’s prescription drug market, which seniors heavily rely on. By tying U.S. reimbursement rates to those set in other…

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Fox News Live: Phil Kerpen on Price Controls

This is a really tough problem for the simple reason that if another country is getting a free ride, it’s very hard to convince them to end it. For a long time, people in the US, especially people left of center, just said let’s pay European prices. Instead of the rest of the world getting a free ride, there’s nothing to ride on. There’s no incentive for investment for developing new cures and new treatments…

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AARP’s 9 Billion Reasons to Side With UnitedHealth and Make Obamacare Subsidies Permanent

A bombshell report by Chris Jacobs, the founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, “How AARP Makes Health Insurance Unaffordable for Its Members,” exposes how AARP is working hand-in-hand with major insurer pharmacy benefit managers, chiefly its financial partner, UnitedHealth, to push for the costly extension of Obamacare subsidies amid the continuing resolution and government shutdown debate. The report reveals how AARP recently received an extraordinary $9 billion payment as a result of restructuring its…

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AARP’s ‘Affordability’ Hypocrisy

When evaluating an advocacy group’s views on public policy, it helps to consider the source. In the case of AARP, that means scrutinizing the sizable conflicts of interest that compromise the organization’s policy positions. Even as it lobbies for a permanent extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies to make insurance “affordable,” AARP funds that lobbying by making health coverage less affordable for its own members. A glance at AARP’s most recent financial statements shows a glaring conflict. Last year, the…

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A $9B health care gorilla

The health insurance industry always seems to win in Washington health care debates. The most famous example was Obamacare, which transformed from a liberal crusade against insurance companies into a law guaranteeing them new profits, mandating Americans to buy their products, protecting them from competition, and providing hefty subsidies to shift skyrocketing costs onto taxpayers. More recently, insurers dominated the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. Through the law, they protected the exemption their pharmacy benefit manager…

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American Committment: New Report Exposes AARP’s Role in Push for Massive Insurance Bailouts Amid Government Shutdown Showdown

Washington, D.C. — As Congress faces a government shutdown, a new report from American Commitment exposes how AARP — a major lobbying force in Washington — is working hand-in-hand with the health insurance industry to make pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies permanent. The report, “How AARP Makes Health Insurance Unaffordable for Its Members,” details how AARP received a staggering $9 billion payout from UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest health insurer, and has since used its lobbying arm to push for a $40 billion-a-year extension of supersized…

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