Ken’s Take: You’ve gotta love it when boldface misinformation is peddled at a town hall meeting meant to dispel misinformation …
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AP, AARP tells Obama: No health plan endorsement yet, Aug 12, 2009
At the town hall in Portsmouth, N.H., Obama said, “We have the AARP onboard because they know this is a good deal for our seniors.”
He added, “AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare.”
AARP says the president went too far Tuesday when he said the seniors lobby had endorsed the legislation pending in Congress.
AARP’s chief operating officer, said, “Indications that AARP has endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate.”
AARP is sensitive to the issue because polls show that Medicare beneficiaries are worried their health care program will be cut.
He also said, AARP would not endorse a bill that reduces Medicare benefits
Full article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKi4TWhreDcA0doTJ6ph9sOAf-QQD9A0V30G1
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Ken’s Take II: Wonder if the AMA will bail too ?
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The Homa Files 
August 13, 2009 at 8:28 am |
I think that Obama is actually right here in substance and already has the corporate part (and leadership) of the AARP on his side, but the AARP is wary of the side of its organization that answers to the elderly and needs the doublespeak to avoid losing them. The AARP is simply playing politics in a more devious way than Obama is because they have their corporate interests as well as their base of customers.
August 13, 2009 at 10:43 pm |
I think seniors are legitmately concerned that the quality of their medical care will suffer. Seniors already have healthcare, and their coverage can only get worse when you cram another 45 million people into the system.