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Blog Post: Commitment to Seniors’ Latest Ad “Celebrates” AARP’s Billion Dollar Bond with Big Insurance

Commitment to Seniors launched a new television ad today “celebrating” AARP’s latest financial milestone: earning an unprecedented $1 billion in corporate royalties in a single year­—mostly derived from UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurance corporations. In total, AARP has raked in more than $9 billion from corporate royalties over the last decade. AARP partners with big health insurers while lobbying Congress against Medicare reforms that would benefit seniors, like applying rebates directly at…

“CORRECTION: AARP Actually Makes a Boatload from Big Insurance”

The scope of AARP’s revenue from big insurance is so astonishing that it really does defy belief—so much so that it recently caught one health care publication off guard. We can understand why! The POLITICO Pro Health Care newsletter was reporting on our ad “celebrating” AARP’s milestone of taking in over $1,000,000,000 in corporate royalties for the first time. “Financial disclosures released by AARP show it received more than $1 billion in royalties in 2020, including nearly…

Commitment to Seniors Launches Initial Six-Figure Ad Buy Slamming AARP’s Financial Conflicts, Support of Drug Price-Setting Schemes

Ad Questions AARP’s True Motivations, Highlights How Price Controls Would Harm Seniors’ Healthcare WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 14, 2022) — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment dedicated to protecting seniors’ healthcare interests, today launched a new six-figure initial ad buy condemning AARP’s financial conflict of interest with big health insurers and criticizing their support of liberal price-setting schemes. Airing inside the beltway across several mediums, including broadcast, cable, and digital, the ad highlights how…

C2S Releases New Video Advertisement Asking: Who is AARP Really Watching Out For?

Phil Kerpen: Letter: The truth behind AARP’s push for price controls

Terry Wilcox’s op-ed highlighting AARP’s apparent conflict of interest with insurance giants brings much-needed attention to the real reason behind the AARP’s support for price controls in President Joe Biden’s spending bill. While AARP maintains that it merely supports Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s Medicare “negotiation” plan because it wants to lower seniors’ drug costs, that simply isn’t the case. In reality, the organization’s true motive is maintaining its billion-dollar relationship with UnitedHealthcare. UHC…

Terry Wilcox: AARP has a conflict of interest when it comes to drug pricing legislation. That could hurt the seniors it protects.

AARP is the nation’s biggest and most influential advocacy group for seniors. It has about 38 million members — more than 11% of the U.S. population. From lobbying for better conditions in nursing homes to getting travel discounts for members, the organization has done much to help retired people over the years. When it comes to one of AARP’s signature products, though, it may not always be putting its members first. The problem is that…

Jack Rowing: Profitable Healthcare Activism

Politics is filled with hot-button issues. Polarizing topics are routinely brought up on twitter, in congressional meetings, and during rose garden speeches. Abortion, guns, and policing are all on the table and docket. This is in large part due to activists who make a living on keeping issues in the spotlight to enact change. It has become a highly lucrative field. Recent news reports of BLM activists making millions of dollars through fraud, and buying…

AARP Overcharges Seniors to Raise Its Bottom Line

In a recent exposé, the Daily Caller News Foundation details how “AARP Rakes in Record Profits Selling Brand Royalties While Overcharging Members.” While the organization bills itself as a scrappy senior advocacy group, its recent financial disclosures—as well as its own admission in court—cast serious doubt on whether it acts “with the interest of its members in mind.” The Daily Caller took a deep dive into AARP’s money tree and the resulting conflict of interest.…