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American Commitment to Seniors Launches Seven-Figure Ad Buy Slamming Washington Liberals’ Plan To Slash Medicare Prescription Drug Spending

Ad Highlights How Democrats’ Drug Pricing Proposal Would Harm Seniors and Raid Nearly $300 Billion From Medicare. CONTACT: Jon Decker (jon@americancommitment.org) WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2022) — American Commitment’s Commitment to Seniors project has launched a new seven-figure initial ad buy, raising concerns about Washington liberals’ claim that their partisan spending bill “lowers seniors’ drug costs,” when actually, it siphons nearly $300 billion out of Medicare to unrelated spending. The ad is airing through August 5…

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Media Advisory: Senate Democrats and AARP Have Opportunity to Answer Critical Questions on Partisan Drug Pricing Proposal

***Media Advisory – Today: Capitol Hill Conference on Drug Pricing Proposal*** Senate Democrats and AARP Have Opportunity to Answer Critical Questions on Partisan Drug Pricing Proposal WASHINGTON – [7/27/22] — Today, Wednesday, July 27 at 3:00 p.m. EST, AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins and other advocates will join Senate Democrats at a press conference to discuss the partisan drug pricing proposal that will be voted on in the U.S. Senate in the coming days. Considering…

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Jon Decker: AARP’s support for Medicare “negotiation” not in seniors’ interest

In a recent op-ed discussing health care and inflation, AARP’s West Virginia chapter called for a Medicare “negotiation” scheme to address prescription drug prices. This tired proposal would be disastrous for pharmaceutical innovation – and, ultimately, for the seniors the AARP claims to represent. Medicare negotiation is tantamount to government-imposed price controls, forcing manufacturers to set prices on certain medications at the government’s direction or face a 95 percent excise tax. And while the AARP…

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AARP is an organization that purports to represent seniors 50 years of age and older, but who do they really represent?

It might surprise people to learn that AARP members sign up to be marketed to by one of the largest insurance companies in America – United Healthcare. And that AARP earned more than $1 billion dollars from royalties from this health insurer and other partners according to their 2020 tax reporting documents. Of these royalties, it is estimated that hundreds of millions came from their partnership with United Healthcare. So the question any AARP member…

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