AARP warns senators against supporting GOP healthcare bill
Have you notice that AARP has been VERY QUIET when the CDC came out their opiate dosing guidelines and entities like the VA started implementing PORTIONS of the guidelines – while 22 veterans a day commit suicide… and the DEA raids a constant flow of prescriber’s offices throwing hundreds or thousands of chronic pain seniors to
“the curb” quickly going into cold turkey withdrawal and causing their other co-morbidity health issues to be compounded. When AG Jeff Session recently came out wanting to turn the war on drugs back several decades and over-ride the state laws that have made Marijuana and/or Medical Marijuana legal. Someone must have forgotten that we are the UNITED STATES…not the 50 DISTRICTS of the Federal District of Columbia. Has the AARP LOST THEIR FOCUS , THEIR WAY and their MISSION STATEMENT ?
“This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate—and it shows,” AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond said in a statement. The Senate bill would hit millions of Americans with higher costs and result in less coverage for them. AARP is adamantly opposed to the Age Tax, which would allow insurance companies to charge older Americans five times more for coverage than everyone else while reducing tax credits that help make insurance more affordable.”
The group also complained that the bill would make cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
“AARP is also deeply concerned that the Senate bill cuts Medicaid funding that would strip health coverage from millions of low-income and vulnerable Americans who depend on the coverage, including 17 million poor seniors and children and adults with disabilities. The proposed Medicaid cuts would leave millions, including our most vulnerable seniors, at risk of losing the care they need and erode seniors’ ability to live in their homes and communities,” LeaMond said. “The Senate bill also cuts funding for Medicare which weakens the programs ability to pay benefits and leaves the door wide open to benefit cuts and Medicare vouchers. AARP has long opposed proposals that cut benefits or weaken Medicare.”
The bill introduced Thursday follows the passage of the healthcare reform bill passed by the House, which aims to partially repeal and replace Obamacare care, the signature healthcare law of former President Barack Obama. AARP says that like it did with all the members of the House, it will hold all 100 senators “accountable” for their votes on this “harmful” bill.
“Our members care deeply about their health care and have told us repeatedly that they want to know where their elected officials stand. We strongly urge the Senate to reject this bill,” LeaMond concluded.
50 GOP votes are needed to pass the bill under the process of reconciliation, with a tie-breaker vote from Vice President Mike Pence. Already four of 52 Republicans, Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have said they are “not ready” to support the bill in its current form. It is expected that all Democrats will oppose its passage. President Trump chimed in on Twitter on Thursday to say he supports the Senate bill.
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I wish we could get together and make all of them pay for their own health insurance. Why is our tax dollars going to pay for them and their families for the rest of their lives. What is wrong with this. They think we owe them this. We need to get this stopped.
Steve. If you see this please share this link I posted from Lana Kirby. It’s a letter to NBC promoting awareness of the cruelty of the CDC guidelines. They are hoping dr kertasz will be interviewed ultimately. Please sign the letter and share. Lana set up an email for people to request to sign. She will transfer the signatures herself. The email is. Nbcltr@yahoo.com. Thanks for. all you do !!!
P s. She does require name and address as well. If you wish to remain anonymous , please still include name and address and request to be anonymous. She will transfer signatures appropriately.
I encourage everyone to e-mail AARP an express outrage over the “OPIOID MENACE ” article. Express amazement over this organization not supporting their members by writing fair and balanced articles on this subject. After all, this is about the third or fourth article they have written on this subject. I cancelled my membership over these articles. I did get a letter back stating they were forwarding my concerns to their “board.”
I saw the issue regarding “Opioid Menace.” I encourage everyone to send a letter via e-mail expressing outrage over not supporting their members by spreading these lies. I sent an e-mail over this and expressed my disgust. I also advised I WOULD NOT RENEW my membership. I did get an e-mail back stating they were forwarding my e-mail to some board for consideration. If EVERYONE ONE of us would write and express our disgust and DROP membership maybe we would get some attention from this organization which has hundreds of millions members. Please e-mail them at http://www.aaarp.org
I have learned,,,many politicians,, groups,,,like AARP,,,AMA,,, talk out of 2 sides of their mouths…
I still believe thee true reason the dea started going after our doctors was simply to fill the employment for all the dea employees THROWN out of Bolivia/peru fror human rites abuses,,,,DEA NEEDED A JOB,,AND THE TYPE OF MONEY THEY USE TO GET GOING AFTER REAL COCAINE,,NOT COCA FARMERS,,BUT THE WHITE CRAP,,,,, and when they lost that income,,,that employment ,,they filled that gap with our docotiers,,,andd US!!!,,,,MARYW
Steve, Did you see this latest AARP Article: Right up there with the worst articles of 2017 -and they are an insurance company to boot! reminds me of Reefer Madness..
“The Opioid Menace”
http://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2017/opioid-drug-addiction-pain-pills.html
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B37xszADpsXkS3RlYlhCYzQ3dVk
Thanks. Now if I did this correctly. This is a petition written by Lana Kirby on behalf of chronic pain pts. It is to request NBC open an investigation on the CDC regs. She’s looking for as many signatures as possible. This retired paralegal is an amazing advocate for us. I encourage all to sign. To sign simply email a request to Lana to include your signature she asks for a name and addtesss. If you wish to remain anonymous you may but she does require the info then will edit it out. The email address to request signing is. Nbcltr@yahoo.com
Thanks to all for considering this.
She is also looking for families whose loved ones have committed suicide due to the change in these regulations
Thanks !
Please share this link with everyone. We need as many signatures as possible. Thanks