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Stacy, Rebecca and the cakeAARP endorses House Health Care Reforms
Because nearly one-third of Tennesseans are age 50 and above, the reforms would help thousands of people in this state who are struggling in these difficult times, particularly those 697,000 Tennesseans who rely on Medicare for stable, affordable health care.
The House bill protects traditional Medicare benefits, makes Medicare more financially sound, prevents a major cut in physician payments and improves payments for primary care so that older Tennesseans can keep the doctors of their choice or more easily find a doctor if they don’t have one; requires Medicare to provide important preventive services like screenings for diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis free of charge; and improves coordination of care for people with chronic health conditions.
One of the key reasons that AARP endorsed the bill is that it would lower drug costs for Medicare recipients by closing the ``doughnut hole'' coverage gap, which affects more than one in every four Tennesseans on Medicare. The bill reduces brand name drug costs by 50 percent for enrollees in the doughnut hole and takes immediate steps to eliminate the gapy entirely by 2019, starting with an additional $500 of coverage in 2010.
If you have questions or comments about the bill, call AARP toll-free 1-866-227-7449 or email at forwardmrc@aarp.org .
If you are going to truly represent your members they should have the opportunity to vote on AARP official positions. You are not a democratic organization. Please withdraw my membership. jimfd
I hope that AARP can live with their decision to back this farce of a health care program. I and my wife will not be renewing my membership as a result of your decision. I firmly believe that AARP is more of an offshut of ACORN than it is a voice for retired people. I hope that more people like my wife and myself say take this organization and shove it!
AARPs leadership is a bunch of traitors, cowards and thieves. You have sold out your members and now Obama can tell all Americans he has the support of seniors. At the very least AARP should not endorse anything political but AARP has endorsed the worst bill ever written. What promises did the White House give you? What was the price did the White house pay. AARP like the AMA has become a political activist group that supports liberal and radical change that not only does not benefit seniors, it hurts them
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