GOP Report Suggests AARP To Benefit From Reform Law
This week, House Ways and Means Committee members Wally Herger (R-Calif.) and Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) released a report finding that AARP will benefit financially as a result of its support for the federal health reform law. Republicans argue that AARP supported a provision in the overhaul that cut $200 billion from the Medicare Advantage program because the group will benefit when seniors replace their coverage with supplemental Medicare policies -- known as "Medigap" policies -- that the group endorses.
- "The Influence Industry: In Campaign Against Health Care Law, Republicans Take on AARP" (Eggen, Washington Post, 3/30).