American Seniors Association (the AARP alternative) Blasts Obama/AARP Health Care Plan

Offers 2 for 1 membership with mailed in torn up AARP membership card

Will Malven
8/12/2009

Wow! Did you watch that open admission non-stacked audience "Town Hall Meeting" with the President yesterday? That had to be the most one-sided, pro Obama, pro Democrat Health Care audience ever. If that audience wasn't screened for their views, then Democrats beat the odds and won every seat in the "lottery" of tickets the White House distributed.

The Pres stated that he didn't want just sympathetic questions during the Q&A session, but the audience was so carefully stacked that he couldn't get one. The one question that might have been critical of Obama care was asked by a woman who got so flummoxed by the President winking at her that she couldn't finish her question. Instead she turned to those around her and gushed "He winked at me!"

...boy that's some tough audience...Do these idiots in the White House believe they are fooling anyone? They think we're fools out here.

Similarly, AARP attempted to claim that they don't support any "one" of the Health Care bills currently before Congress...note the qualifier...of course they don't support any "one" of the bills, they support them all as long as they come from Democrats.

Well the good guys are beginning to speak out now. ASA has posted the following comments on their webpage:

AMERICAN SENIORS ASSOCIATION BLASTS OBAMA AARP HEATHCARE PUSH

“President Obama must think the American people are idiots if he thinks the healthcare rationing, restrictions and regulations being debated in Congress will save money and result in better preventative medicine,” says Stuart Barton, president of the Atlanta-based AmericanSeniors.org that represents hundreds of thousands of members nationwide.

You're right Stuart they do. Like typical Liberals, they believe they are the only ones who understand the health care issue and the rest of America should just shut up and take what they are given.

“The president told the AARP meeting that opponents are “making people scared.” ”Well, they ought to be scared at current proposals,” Barton said. “The Congressional Budget Office estimates the plan’s cost over 10 years would be $1.2 to $1.8 trillion. That’s absurd in a recession, let alone good times.”

If anyone is scaring people, it is the Democrats and the White House with their $13 Trillion in national debt they are on target for. CBO estimates that Obama care will add $239 Billion to the deficit over the next 10 years...but, but, I thought it was supposed to reduce health care costs Mr. President.

"The ASA has three major concerns:

1. a government-run plan would limit patient- doctor choice
2. there would be an employer mandate that would kill jobs and lower wages and
3. the current legislation being debated attacks baby boomer and seniors by cutting $500 billion out of Medicare over the next 10 years.

All are legitimate concerns that Congress and Obama have failed to address except by using platitudes and generalizations.

“On page 425 of the bill, a person must go to counseling every five years to basically learn how to die,” Barton says. “As I read this and hear about no preventative care, it dawned on me that Obama’s plan is to let all these baby boomers die quicker so we don’t have to care for them in old age.”

I'm not certain I agree with this claim, as the language in the bill does not specifically say this, but I will allow that given the was similar health care programs are executed in Europe and Canada, this is a reasonable projection of what would result from these bills.

There are three good organizations for us old farts; two are advocacy only groups that support the Constitution and not the Democrat Party, 60 Plus Association and RetireSave. Both appear to be great organizations which advocate Conservative principles and oppose the Democrat Party's aggressive move toward Socialism.

The third is the ASA. ASA offers insurance discounts, pharmaceutical discounts, travel discounts and seniors' issues advocacy with a Conservative spin.

All three of these organizations are good alternatives to the AARP/Democrat Party cabal as far as I can tell. I have not fully investigated them, but what I have found out is good.

Last thing; the ASA is currently offering a 2 for 1 membership deal:

The American Seniors Association (ASA) invites any American Association of Retired Persons member to mail us your torn AARP card and receive a 2 year- for- 1 year membership with ASA. Our organization representing hundreds of thousands of members believes we need health care reform, but we want what is best for seniors. ASA wants to cut wasteful spending in Medicare. ASA wants to see the Congress work to curb frivolous lawsuits that drive up the costs of doctor’s malpractice insurance. Our system needs an overhaul, but we do not need expensive Obamacare or anything resembling it.

ASA is looking out for seniors by fighting a health care reform bill that will cost upward of $1.8 trillion over the next 10 years and cuts in Medicare of $500 billion. ASA wants seniors to live longer, more fulfilling years of life-- not an “end of life” continuum that this bill suggests.

So please mail ASA your torn AARP card and/or visit our website www.americanseniors.org and ensure your voice is heard.

American Seniors Association, 3700 Mansell Road,Suite 220, Alpharetta, GA 30022

WaHoo! What are you waiting for folks? Time to take AARP down; they've been in the tank for the Democrat Party for decades and apparently are just too important to listen to their members' concerns.

Long Live Our American Republic!!!!

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