When I came home today there was a message on my answering machine, oh no another salesmen (my Word spell checker says to use salesperson or sales clerk, but I think I will stick to the original). Well, not exactly.
It was a call from the President of the AARP, at first I was truly flattered after all how many times does a seasoned (I refuse to use senior) citizen get a call from THE president.
I was urged to make a difference. It seems millions of seasoned citizens are stuck in the gap, in the donut hole as they say with prescription drugs. I was told that these people were required to pay the full cost of their prescription drugs “even while they continued to pay their Medicare premium” That sounds like the rest of us who pay a premium even while we still have a deductible to meet or we have reached the limit on a portion of our benefits.
I have to pay for what?
Even though I can empathize with these Medicare beneficiaries struggling with the cost of prescription drugs, the AARP seems a bit out of touch. First, the country could not afford Part D of Medicare in the first place. Yes, it is imperfect, but yes, it does provide coverage that did not exist before and yes, it does protect against the most catastrophic prescription drug expenses. How can the AARP seriously think that the American taxpayer in a time of growing deficits and about to happen higher taxes can afford to add more to the obligations of Medicare? Oh, and at the same time the administration is attempting to fix health care with another $1.6 trillion in deficit spending (I always wanted to use the word trillion and now it seems as common as million, inflation I guess).
The AARP makes it very convenient to help in this effort. I am told to call 1-800-221-2764 and I will be connected to my representative in Congress. I am sure they will be thrilled to hear from me.
Feel free to call the 800 number and tell your representative what you think about adding to the cost of Medicare.
I never thought much of the AARP; it is a bogus organization in my opinion, now I think even less of it.
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When you call the number (800-221-2764) it automatically registers a call FOR health care reform. I tried to call it to tell my representative to tell them that I was AGAINST the healthcare reform and it automatically thanked ME for my support of the Obama Health Care plan. What a travesty!
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