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AARP faces questions in its role promoting UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans

As UnitedHealth Group faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging potential Medicare fraud, according to a Wall Street Journal report, some question whether its primary Medicare Advantage marketing partner, AARP, also should face scrutiny. AARP faces questions about whether it required Medicare Advantage plan sponsors to oversee the business practices of companies that offer Medicare Advantage products. The question is whether AARP complied with the government’s rules to oversee its partner, UnitedHealth Group.…

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Commitment to Seniors Urges Congress to Reject the “Most Favored Nation” Proposal and Protect Americans from Harmful Price Controls

Washington, D.C. — May 3, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, strongly urges Congress not to replace the current Medicaid “Best Price” model with the Trump administration’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) proposal in the upcoming reconciliation package. MFN is a form of price fixing and is not the answer to lowering prescription drug costs in the U.S. If implemented, international reference pricing would risk patients’ access to Medicaid drugs, and manufacturers could be forced…

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Commitment to Seniors Supports President Trump’s Executive Order Addressing the Biden Pill Penalty and PBMs to Lower Drug Prices for Americans

Washington, D.C. — April 18, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, applauds President Trump for signing an Executive Order titled “Lowering Drug Prices By Once Again Putting Americans First,” which aims to reduce prescription drug costs by eliminating the Biden Pill Penalty and reforming the opaque practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to ensure real savings for patients. We commend President Trump for his dedication to addressing these critical issues with solutions that can…

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New Research and Polling Sounds Alarm on AARP’s Lucrative Financial Partnership with Major Health Care Conglomerate UnitedHealth Group

Majority of AARP’s Revenue Comes from Corporate Royalties (Nearly $10 Billion from UnitedHealth Group), Not Member Dues Media Contact: Michael DeSantis michael@americancommitment.org Washington, D.C. — March 26, 2025 — Today, as part of its “Commitment to Seniors” initiative, American Commitment announces the release of a new comprehensive report on AARP’s financing and conflicts of interest conducted by Juniper Research Group, along with new polling data from McLaughlin & Associates highlighting serious concerns about AARP’s financial entanglements with UnitedHealth…

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A Plea From Seniors: Eliminate the Biden Pill Penalty

      New polling confirms what seniors and health care experts have long feared: the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is poised to stifle drug innovation and limit access to lifesaving drugs. With their health on the line, seniors overwhelmingly want Congress to step in and pass the bipartisan legislation to undo the damage Biden did to Medicare. The Biden “Pill Penalty” is the direct result of the IRA’s misguided approach to Medicare…

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‘Shameful’: AARP’s partnership with healthcare giant faces backlash amid recent controversies

A partnership between AARP, the top interest group in the United States dedicated to the plight of seniors, is facing growing scrutiny over its partnership with UnitedHealthcare as the healthcare giant faces a growing number of controversies. “AARP now makes over a billion dollars a year in corporate royalties, more than triple what they make in membership dues,” American Commitment President Phil Kerpen told Fox News Digital. “The vast majority of those royalties come from the…

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Commitment to Seniors Launches Campaign Urging Congress to Eliminate the Biden Pill Penalty

Including the EPIC Act in Reconciliation is a Key First Step Toward Safeguarding Innovation and Protecting Older Patients CONTACT: Michael DeSantis michael@americancommitment.org Washington, D.C. — March 18, 2025 — Today, Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, launched a national and multi-state grassroots mobilization and paid media campaign urging Congress to eliminate the Biden Pill Penalty and include the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act in reconciliation. The Biden administration’s disastrous Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)…

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Commitment to Seniors Applauds Senate Introduction of the EPIC Act to Eliminate the Biden “Pill Penalty”

Washington, D.C. — March 5, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, applauds Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Steve Daines (R-MT) for introducing the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act in the Senate. The EPIC Act eliminates the Biden “pill penalty,” which has led to American innovators pulling critically needed private sector investments in new cutting-edge therapies and cures for chronic diseases. A new national poll by McLaughlin…

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