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Erika Williams: AARP Must Face Challenge to Medicare Gap Policies

A federal judge in the nation’s capital ruled that senior citizen advocacy group AARP must face class-action claims that it defrauded consumers who bought insurance plans to supplement Medicare coverage. Lead plaintiff Helen Krukas, a Florida resident who brought a federal class action against the nonprofit group last year, claims AARP fooled consumers into paying an undisclosed 4.95 percent commission that was hidden in their monthly “Medigap” insurance premiums.

Curtis Ellis: AARP: Leftist, Deep State scam

Reach into your mailbox after turning 65 and you’ll find a fistful of glossy mail. “You’re eligible for Medicare!” the face of a smiling senior citizen cheerily informs those entering their golden years. That means it’s time to buy insurance to cover the gaps in Medicare coverage.

James Martin: “It’s Time to Defund the AARP”

Why is the lavishly-funded, tax-exempt, Obamacare-promoting AARP receiving over $1 billion in taxpayer funds? AARP, perhaps the single greatest political obstacle to reforming the entitlement programs that will someday leave our children bankrupt and destitute, is the Scrooge McDuck of tax-exempt organizations, which is swimming in cash.

KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services: Medicaid Pharmacy Pricing: Opening the Black Box

As of October 2018, nearly 73 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 50.7% of which were children. In Kentucky, there were over 1.2 million Medicaid/CHIP enrollees as of October 2018—nearly one fourth of the state’s population.

Age Discrimination in Employment: U.S. House Takes A Step Toward Legal Equality For Older Workers

A few years ago, I wrote about my naïve effort to engage the AARP, Inc. in the substantive work of combating a half-century of second-class citizenship of older workers under U.S. law. (They declined.) So what has the AARP, the self-described advocate for Americans aged 50+, been doing instead?

Joseph Walker and Christopher Weaver: The $9 Billion Upcharge: How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare

Each June, health insurers send the government detailed cost forecasts for providing prescription-drug benefits to more than 40 million people on Medicare. No one expects the estimates to be spot on. After all, it is a tall order to predict the exact drug spending for the following year of the thousands of members in each plan.

AARP Tax Filings: 2018

Morning Edition: States Question Costs Of Middlemen That Manage Medicaid Drug Benefits

Several states are questioning the cost of using pharmacy middlemen to manage their prescription drug programs in a movement that could shake up the complex system that manages how pharmaceuticals are priced and paid for. The debate is playing out this week in an Ohio courtroom, as the state fights to release a report detailing what it paid two middlemen, CVS Health and Optum, to manage its Medicaid program’s prescription drug plans.