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“Don’t pay for health care reform on the backs of our seniors.”
60PlusAssociation
August 05, 2009
SNIPPET: “Seniors have sacrificed, but Congress wants to cut a half trillion from Medicare to pay for “health care reform, which will hurt older Americans. Worse, Congress doesn’t even want to apply this new...”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/10/aarp-faces-backlash-seniors-health-care-reform-stance/
“AARP Faces Backlash From Seniors Over Health Care Reform Stance”
SNIPPET: “The senior advocacy group AARP is coming under criticism from its own members for appearing to support President Obama’s health care reform plans.”
By Shannon Bream
FOXNews.com
Monday, August 10, 2009
SNIPPET: “But just as constituents are giving their elected representatives a piece of their mind over the August recess, some seniors are starting to protest the AARP.
Last week, AARP officials speaking at a forum in Dallas walked out after several seniors interrupted the meeting with critical questions and comments.
Some AARP members say they are so outraged that they’ve taken to tearing up their membership cards and firing off heated letters to the organization’s CEO.
Recent polling by FOX News shows seniors, many of whom are on Medicare, don’t want a major overhaul — 93 percent rate their current coverage as good or excellent, and 56 percent say they oppose the creation of a government-run option for all Americans.
Other groups representing seniors say they aren’t surprised by the recent backlash.
“We get letters every single day from people that are very upset about this bill and about the AARP supporting it,” said Stuart Barton, president of the American Seniors Association. “So I don’t blame them for coming back and saying they are going to tear up their AARP cards.””