The last line in this CBS News story about people canceling AARP memberships because of that organization’s perceived support for ObamaCare says it all. They simply do not care what their members think.
CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group’s position on health care.
Elaine Guardiani has been with AARP for 14 years, and said, “I’m extremely disappointed in AARP.”
Retired nurse Dale Anderson has 12 years with AARP and said, “I don’t wanna be connected with AARP.”
Many are switching to the American Seniors Association, a group that calls itself the conservative alternative as CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.
Last week alone, they added more than 5,000 new members. Our camera was there Friday when the mail came.
Letters were filled with cut-up AARP cards.
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AARP says for a group with 40 million members that adds hundreds of thousands each month, losing 60 thousand is just a drop in the bucket. But to the much smaller American Seniors Association it’s a flood.
Of course, we already knew they really didn’t care, didn’t we?
The AARP can’t find a thing to dislike about ObamaCare plans being floated, despite the fact that Obama is promising to pay for part of the deficit increasing cost by cutting a lot of money of of Medicare spending. (Just don’t call it cutting benefits, call it “savings”). Despite the fact that Obama has repeatedly argued that many will be “better off” getting pills rather than a medical procedure.
Nothing to argue with?
I’d say more seniors need to get the AARP’s attention by canceling their memberships. When they start to bleed members faster than they are signing up, then maybe they will be able to buy a clue.
This is the kinda crap I can’t stand about Obama and Co. After all, what is Medicare? It’s an insurance program. We are all paying into it during our working lives and we will (supposedly) get a benefit later. That’s how it was sold, that’s how we are billed, and, by all thats holy, that’s how I’m gonna treat it.
NOW, Obama wants to simply cut coverage to people who in some cases been paying into the Medicare insurance system for decades.
Hmmm…but I thought Obama said insurance companies who did that were evil?
Gee, I wonder what that makes Obama.
Oh yeah, a super genius.
I joined American Seniors Association today after reading a post on Lucianne.com.
Years ago I read in my local paper about AARP’s political stances and said no thanks.
“AARP says for a group with 40 million members that adds hundreds of thousands each month, losing 60 thousand is just a drop in the bucket.”
I had never heard abut the ASA until today and would bet the same a true for many others. Wonder if those hundreds of thousands each month might slow down a little now that more people know about American Seniors.