Why does AARP endorses UnitedHealth

[question everything]

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.

[LoisB]

1. As far as I am concerned, AARP has become nothing but an insurance agent for United Healthcare.

[ellenrr]

8. yes!

[Curmudgeoness]

2. You have to take everything from AARP with a grain of salt.

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.

[trof]

3. CEO's salary is why we changed to Mutual of Omaha.

[bemildred]

4. Anything I get from AARP goes straight in the recycle bin.

So I would not care.

[fightthegoodfightnow]

5. AARP Follows the Money and That often Conflicts with the True Interest of Seniors

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[avaistheone1]

6. I agree.

[trof]

7. That's why we changed to Mutual of Omaha.