Thousands Quit AARP Over Health Reform (AARP Doesn't Care)

Will Malven
8/18/2009

According to CBS News, AARP doesn't care that they have lost 60,000 members since July 1:

"AARP says for a group with 40 million members that adds hundreds of thousands each month, losing 60 thousand is just a drop in the bucket."

Now you understand why they were so rude at the Dallas health care forum. Now you can understand why they left the meeting in a huff when their own members began to question them about their support of the Obama/Democrat health care plan.

THEY TAKE THEIR MEMBERS FOR GRANTED!

Because so few know that there is an option outside of the AARP, because most retirement age people assume that the AARP is the only game in town, they don't have to care what their members think...after all, they get "hundreds of thousands" of members each month.

Imagine the arrogance it takes for such an organization to make such a comment. How long do you think a business would keep a CEO that lost them 60,000 customers in one month? How long do you think the stockholders would let someone remain in charge of their business who said "Well 60,000 customers is just a drop in the bucket, we get 100,000 each month?" Imagine the contempt these people have for their own members.

Here's the CBS News story:

Thousands Quit AARP Over Health Reform
Tens of Thousands Don't Like the Health Care Overhaul

CBS) CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group's position on health care.

Elaine Guardiani has been with AARP for 14 years, and said, "I'm extremely disappointed in AARP."

Retired nurse Dale Anderson has 12 years with AARP and said, "I don't wanna be connected with AARP."

Many are switching to the American Seniors Association, a group that calls itself the conservative alternative as CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.

Maybe it's time for us seniors to start spreading the word that there is a better alternative (the ASA); one that is more attentive to the wishes of their members and less a slave of the Democrat Party leadership; one that believes in traditional American values like private enterprise and the idea that Congress works for us rather than the other way around.

And that is the truth about the AARP...they exist to promote the Democrat Party agenda. They have been slavishly cleaving to the Democrat Leadership for decades, doing their bidding and persuading senior citizens that they were working for them.

Time to destroy the lie. Time for those of us who know to spread the word about the AARP alternative, the American Seniors Association.

Don't let the Obama/Democrat Leadership/AARP cabal run you over or fool you with their lies. Make your voices and your dollars heard. Leave the AARP and join the ASA...there is no stronger statement than that.

There is a better plan for health care reform. The Republicans have it. It is called the Coburn/Ryan Patient's Choice Act. READ IT.

Instead of a plan that will do nothing about the rising cost of health care, why not:

• Allow patients to purchase health insurance from companies outside of their state, we do that with auto insurance, why not with health insurance?
• Allow patients to buy catastrophic health insurance to take care of the really big expenses, and put money aside in a tax-free health savings account for the smaller day to day expenses
• PASS TORT REFORM LEGISLATION. Doctors spend huge amounts of money to pay for their malpractice insurance because of law suit abuse...remember John Edwards became a multi-millionaire on the backs of our doctors. Doctors are forced to order dozens of unnecessary tests just to protect themselves from any potential lawsuit. It is estimated that over $100 Billion is spent in so-called "defensive medicine."
• Force full disclosure of health care costs so that patients can shop for the best policy and the best procedure for the best price.

How about we let the free market that has made America the strongest economy in the world and given Americans the best life style in the world, give us the best health care in the world.

Don't let Congress and the President scare you into a hastily drawn up, poorly written, 1000+ page health care debacle...there is no need to rush. When 80% of Americans are satisfied with their current plan, why screw it all up just to cover the other 20%? Wouldn't it be better just to fix that 20% and leave the rest of us alone?

We need better health care, not faster healthcare.

Long Live Our American Republic!!!!

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