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(48,904 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:39 PM Oct 2012

Why does AARP endorses UnitedHealth

for Medicare supplements? They practically saturate the air with their ads.

This is a company that was paying its CEO $100 million a year! I think that it is now down to $50 million.

A company that Andrew Cuomo, while NY AG went after for over billing seniors.

The only way a CEO and other executives can be paid so high is if they increase profit. And health insurance companies do this by limiting expenses - for health care providers and for subscribers.

Personally, I think that the only health care providers who should make money, yes, even get very wealthy in the health care area should be the ones actually providing health: doctors, nurses, hospitals. Yes, even drug companies. But insurance companies do nothing but shuffling papers.

OK, start shooting.

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Why does AARP endorses UnitedHealth (Original Post) question everything Oct 2012 OP
As far as I am concerned, AARP has become nothing but an insurance agent for United Healthcare. LoisB Oct 2012 #1
yes! ellenrr Jul 2013 #8
You have to take everything from AARP with a grain of salt. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #2
CEO's salary is why we changed to Mutual of Omaha. trof Oct 2012 #3
Anything I get from AARP goes straight in the recycle bin. bemildred Nov 2012 #4
AARP Follows the Money and That often Conflicts with the True Interest of Seniors fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #5
I agree. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #6
That's why we changed to Mutual of Omaha. trof Jul 2013 #7

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. You have to take everything from AARP with a grain of salt.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 01:41 PM
Oct 2012

I support most of the issues that AARP backs. But when it comes to endorsements for companies, I find that AARP takes an extremely capitalistic approach-----who will pay them the most money for an endorsement. So, I read the articles and get facts on issues from them, and ignore every single ad that they have in their publications. I guess we can all be bought out at some point.

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