TIM RICHARDSON -> ED HULETT wrote:
 TR> On 08-08-09, ED HULETT said to ALL:


 EH>> Having paid into the system all their
 EH>> lives and now AARP dues, they are upset that illegal aliens will be
 EH>> covered by legislation that eliminates any proof-of-citizenship
 EH>> requirement. And they are furious that AARP would support
"reform" that
 EH>> includes "end-of-life counseling" as if they're being
encouraged to get
 EH>> out of the way. They know that the administration's plan is one big
 EH>> government "do not resuscitate" order for seniors,
and they don't want
 EH>> some government bureaucrat looking at some spreadsheet pulling their
 TR> plug.


 TR> Here's something weird.


 TR> I joined an HMO when I turned 65 that got me off my employers medical plan,
 TR> and saved them a considerable amount of money.


 TR> The plan is pretty good, it only costs about $120 a year for membership,
 TR> and
 TR> then the co-pays you put out when you go to your doctor, or buy
 TR> prescriptions.


 TR> Suddenly....AARP got involved, I don't know how. They keep sending me
 TR> material
 TR> to join AARP as a full member. I toss it in the trash. The second year I
 TR> had
 TR> this HMO plan, the payment I send in for a full year coverage, is suddenly
 TR> going to AARP.


 TR> When my HMO sent out my policy coverage for this year, it came in an AARP
 TR> envelope.


 TR> When they send me statements of the amount I've paid for prescriptions, and
 TR> the amounts `they' paid......its AARP accounting sheets.


 TR> In other words....AARP isn't `optional' on any level, its mandatory!

I've been receiving AARP propaganda since I turned 50. They have worked
hard to be as involved in the lives of all of us over 50 that they make
arrangements and buy into health plans that effect us. When the federal
prescription drug program began for Medicare recipients AARP was right in
the middle of it. If you go to the Medicare website and look at drug plan
"providers" you will find several of the palns are AARP
"MedicareRX" plans.

I helped a friend get signed up with one. The plan said there was no
monthly premium. After a year, it suddenly had a $4/month premium. When my
friend inquired about this, the person on the phone told him to ignore the
premium - that is was only on a "can pay" basis. After 2 years
the co-pay on the prescriptions were double what they were to begin with.
He now gets most of his meds from Walmart and pays cash.

Ed

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