HarlandHarlan
Manassas,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, November 22, 2012
AARP for ObamaCare several times, clearly tying them together.
Further proof that they were working in concert can be found in
recently released emails between the White House and AARP operatives.
As the emails show, AARP threw their tremendous power behind the
legislation despite the fact they were getting calls overwhelmingly
against it.
In fact, on September 20, 2012, Kimberly A. Strassel of the Wall Street Journal wrote:
"Thanks to just-released emails from the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, we now know that AARP worked through 2009-2010 as an
extension of a Democratic White House, toiling daily to pass a health
bill that slashes $716 billion from Medicare, strips seniors of choice,
and sets the stage for rationing. We know that despite AARP's awareness
that its seniors overwhelmingly opposed the bill, the nonpartisan
organization' chose to serve the president's agenda.
The 71 pages of emails show an AARP management taking orders
from the White House, scripting the president's talking points, working
to keep its board in line' and pledging a fealty to the cause.' Seniors
deserve to know all this, as AARP seeks to present itself as neutral in
this presidential election."
AARP refuses to take a formal position on the Independent Payment
Advisory Board ("rationing board") portion of ObamaCare and even defends
some aspects of the board. Given the negative impact that the IPAB
will have on seniors, this is unbelievable (but sadly, not unexpected).
AMAC is against the harsh provisions in ObamaCare that gives the
Federal government complete control of our healthcare. It destroys the
best healthcare system in the world, takes 716 billion dollars out of
Medicare, and has the power to restrict and ration our medical
treatment.
AMAC is fighting to keep our right to receive treatment from our doctors without the interference of Federal bureaucrats.
Big government experiments like the "stimulus" and ObamaCare have
only increased the uncertainty and instability, and are core reasons for
the persistently high unemployment rate and why the household incomes
of Mature Americans have declined so much.