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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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Cut Medicare overbilling to offset Obamacare rate hikes

(The Center Square) – Obamacare premiums are expected to rise about 30% next year, adding pressure on Congress as Democrats continue to block a Continuing Resolution to reopen the federal government over the issue. Health policy experts say lawmakers could offset the increase by cutting $124 billion in Medicare Advantage overbilling by private insurers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that health insurers will overbill the federal government by $124 billion over the next decade through Medicare Advantage, the…

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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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Trump’s art of the deal play on healthcare could slash medical costs

Democrats have long held a political edge when it comes to healthcare, but President Donald Trump is now shifting the landscape in Republicans’ favor. This comes after skyrocketing healthcare costs resulting from years of special interest-fueled policies and failed liberal political agendas finally began taking their toll. In tandem, several smart, commonsense, Trump-aligned policy proposals that have uniquely broad public appeal are now making their way through Congress. According to recent investigative reports from the Wall Street Journal, employers who provided…

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The Path to Lower Seniors’ Drug Costs Without Embracing Foreign Price Controls

President Trump is right to call out foreign countries for freeloading off American medical innovation. However, the push by some politicians, like Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, to adopt a Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug pricing model would do nothing to solve the problem—in fact, it would make it worse. Instead of ending foreign freeloading and holding other countries accountable, MFN would import the same socialist-style price controls that cripple foreign health care systems, giving…

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Commitment to Seniors Urges Senate Not to Include the “Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Model in Reconciliation

Washington, D.C. — June 11, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, strongly urges the Senate not to include the AARP-backed “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) drug pricing model in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If implemented, this price-fixing policy will have a devastating impact on America’s prescription drug market, which older Americans heavily depend on. MFN would import foreign price controls by tying U.S. drug prices to those of other countries, which is the…

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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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