AARP is not playing around.
Serious consequences coming from AARP for any Republican Rep. voting YES for the Trumpcare healthcare monstrosity and CBO scored disaster, that financially slams Seniors into bankruptcy. AARP is going to make sure all its 38 million members know how their Congressional Representative voted.
Make no mistake, a YES vote by any Republican puts that Representative on record for 2018. That's YES to stripping away the healthcare of 24 million and to bankrupt millions of older Americans.
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AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement today in response to the pending vote on the House bill that would create an “Age Tax,” weaken Medicare’s solvency, put at risk seniors’ ability to live independently as they age, and give sweetheart deals to big drug and insurance companies. In a letter sent to all 435 members of the House of Representatives
“This bill, if passed in its current form, will disproportionately hurt older adults between the ages of 50 and 64 by dramatically increasing insurance premiums to unaffordable rates. Allowing insurance companies to charge older adults an Age Tax 5 times or more than others for health insurance, and reducing tax credits to help pay for it, is quite simply unfair.
“AARP is also concerned that this bill weakens the fiscal sustainability of Medicare, reduces cost-sharing help for out-of-pocket costs for 50- to 64-year-olds purchasing coverage on the individual insurance market, increases the number of uninsured Americans, and puts at risk the health and well-being of millions of poor seniors and disabled adults and children by capping funding for much needed services that allow individuals to live independently in their homes and communities.