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AARP

1 'AARP, Inc.', formerly the 'American Association of Retired Persons', is a

United States-based non-governmental organization and

interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired

educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. It is a

membership organization for people age 50 and over.


AARP

1 AARP operates as a Non-profit organization|non-profit advocate for its members and as one of the most

powerful lobbying groups in the United States. AARP has two affiliated organizations: AARP

Services Inc. which is managed wholly for profit, and the AARP

Foundation, a charity that operates on a non-profit basis.


AARP

1 AARP also received an additional $120,000,000 for the advertisements

placed in its publications.[http://www.aarp.org/aar

p/About_AARP/annual_reports AARP.org]


AARP

1 The AARP Foundation's website says the nonprofit wants to win back opportunity for

those now in crisis, so thousands of vulnerable low-income Americans 50+ can regain their foothold, continue to serve as anchors for their families and communities and ensure that their best life is still within

reach. Key areas of focus are hunger, income, housing and isolation. The Foundation's vision is a country that is free of poverty where no older person feels vulnerable.


AARP

1 AARP claims approximately 38 million members, making it one of

the largest membership organizations in the United States.


AARP - History

1 Ojai served as national

headquarters for AARP from 1958

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AARP - History

1 Possibly as a result of the 60 Minutes report, AARP conducted a lengthy

competitive bidding process, and, in 1980, shifted the insurance contracts

made available to members to Prudential Financial.


AARP - History

1 84–5, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN 978-0-275-97044-4 though in an

interview years later by the Des Moines Register, Senator Simpson remained troubled by AARP's practices, calling

AARP the biggest marketing operation in America and money-maker and an

organization whose practices are the greatest abuse of American generosity I

witnessed in my time in the U.S


AARP - History

1 The organization was originally named the American Association of Retired Persons, but in

1999 it officially changed its name to AARP (pronounced one letter at a time, ay ay ar pee) to reflect that its focus was no longer American retirees.[http://www.aarp.org/about_aarp/aarp_o

verview/a2003-01-13-aarphistory.html AARP History] AARP no longer requires that members

be retired, but be at least age 50; it does not extend full membership privileges to applicants

who are retired but not yet 50.


AARP - Overview

1 AARP and AARP Foundation have a new relationship with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports to increase awareness of hunger in

America with the No


AARP - Overview

1 AARP launched Life Reimagined in May 2013, calling it a “first-of-its-kind

series of online and offline experiences that guide people

through life transitions by helping them discover new possibilities and connect with a community of people pursuing similar passions and goals.”


AARP - Overview

1 USA Today called Life Reimagined the latest step for the AARP (formerly known as the

American Association of Retired Persons) as it continues to rebrand itself and become the

go-to address for feeling good about aging.Jayson, Sharon.

[http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/28/aarp-boomers-jobs-coaching/2358551/ “AARP to coach aging Boomers

‘reimagining’ their lives”] USA Today, 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 2013-5-28.


AARP - AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated

1 AARP Services develops new products, manages and markets

products and services, and creates and maintains partnership and

sponsorship relationships.


AARP - The AARP Foundation

1 Foundation programs are funded by grants, tax-deductible contributions and AARP.


AARP - AARP Driver Safety

1 In 1979, AARP introduced the nation's first-ever driver safety

course geared towards older adults. AARP Driver Safety, which can be

completed in a classroom setting or online, teaches defensive driving techniques and provides added

information on age-related cognitive and physical changes that affect

driving. The course is instructed and promoted by volunteers throughout

the US.


AARP - English language

1 *The organization publishes AARP The Magazine (known until 2002 as Modern

Maturity), a lifestyle magazine for people 50+. Established in 1958, the magazine is distributed bi-monthly to AARP members.

AARP also publishes the AARP Bulletin.AARP Bulletin basic information: subtitled The

Newspaper for 50-Plus America; published monthly 10-times per year; receipt of

publication requires AARP membership and additional subscription fee. Information from:



1 AARP The Magazine and the AARP Bulletin with their approximately 40 Million circulation are by far the two

magazines with the highest circulation in the United States. The organization also produces radio and television programs and has a book

division.



1 * The Journal, AARP's International Office releases a policy publication

on health and financial security issues facing a global aging

population.



1 * Movies for Grownups, a weekly 2-minute program hosted by AARP the Magazine

Entertainment Editor Bill Newcott, is heard on stations nationwide and online at the radioprimetime website. Recent

guests have included Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Ron Howard, Alfre Woodard, and

Helen Hunt. The Movies for Grownups Awards (www.moviesforgrownups.org) are

presented each February in Hollywood.



1 * My Generation, hosted by Leeza Gibbons, is AARP's lifestyle show

featuring nationally known experts covering issues from health and

money to relationships and volunteering.


AARP - Spanish language

1 AARP en Español is the Association's bilingual multimedia platform.

Offerings include a Spanish language|Spanish-language website, a Spanish-language YouTube channel

and informational resources.


AARP - Health care

1 Sharpe, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7656-1672-2 AARP also addressed health care issues in their campaign targeting the 2008 elections with Divided We

Fail.


AARP - Divided We Fail

1 January 16, 2007 Nancy LeaMond, executive officer for social impact, said, We want to really get to these

candidates and ask for action, answers and accountability on these questions.[http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/22/73057.shtml?s=ic

AARP Mobilizing to Hound 2008 Candidates]


AARP - Divided We Fail

1 In November 2007, the National Federation of Independent Business

(NFIB) joined the Divided We Fail leadership.[http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_35243.html NFIB Joins AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU in

Divided We Fail] November 1, 2007


AARP - Future Champions

1 In February 2007, AARP announced the launch of a new advertising

campaign designed to address issues that will impact future generations and showcase the AARP brand. The campaign, called Future Champions, features children talking about the state of health care and financial

security. The multigenerational focus is designed to reinforce the AARP's

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AARP - Health insurance

1 AARP will likely become the largest source of health insurance for Medicare recipients, and AARP estimates the new products will

increase its health insurance customers to 14 million by 2014.

[http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/aarp_announces_new_healthcare_relationship.html AARP Press Release] accessed 17

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1 AARP is not an insurer and does not pay insurance claims. Instead, AARP

allows its name to be used by insurance companies in the sale of insurance products, for which it is

paid a commission like an insurance agent.Benjamin Lipson JK Lasser's Choosing the Right Long-term Care Insurance, p. 140, John Wiley Sons,

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1 Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), senior Republican on the Senate

Finance Committee, said in 2008 that the limited benefit insurance plans

offered by AARP through UnitedHealth provided inadequate

coverage and were marketed deceptively. One plan offered $5,000

for surgery that may cost two or three times that amount.



1 AARP does a thriving business in marketing branded Medigap policies. As of

October 2009, Medical care reform contained a proposal to trim an associated program Medicare Advantage, which was expected to increase demand for Medigap policies. However, as cited above, AARP also brands a Medicare Advantage plan (MedicareComplete), and would also be

subject to cuts under health care reform.


AARP - Single payer

1 AARP released a statement explaining to its members why the organization was not

supporting H.R


AARP - Single payer

1 AARP's priorities now are to protect the current programs and implement the

Affordable Care Act


AARP - Single payer

1 Rother also thought that an educational effort on the benefits of

single payer would undercut the ACA. AARP has not published any material

relating to single-payer health insurance on its website, in its

several hundred page policy book, or through its Public Policy Institute.


AARP - Social Security

1 Hazard, Carol.[http://www.timesdispatch.com/

business/retirees-highlight-social-security-medicare-at-aarp-meeting/article_de48d747-f58b-56bd-b0b3-

af515d15d316.html Retirees highlight Social Security, Medicare at

AARP meeting] Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA 20 March

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AARP - Social Security

1 AARP declined to join a coalition of about 300 unions, women's groups and liberal advocacy organizations

created to fight Social Security benefit cuts


AARP - Controversy

1 In an editorial column within the Los Angeles Times, critic Dale Van Atta wrote that AARP does unauthorized lobbying for its membership, and

lobbies against the best interests of its membership. Van Atta says that

by lobbying for the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and

Modernization Act, AARP leaders betrayed the membership.


AARP - Controversy

1 According to an Annenberg Public Policy Center report, critics have said AARP had a

conflict of interest in supporting the Act, because AARP derives income from the sale of health and life insurance policies, by licensing

its brand to insurance dealers such as New York Life Insurance Company|New York Life,

[http://www.newyorklife.com/cda/0,3254,13730,00.html AARP Life Insurance Program],

retrieved October 31, 2006 and would benefit financially from passage of the legislation.


AARP - Controversy

1 In 2004 BusinessWeek said questions have arisen in the past about

whether AARP's commercial interests may conflict with those of its

membership, and characterizes many of the funds and insurance

policies that AARP markets as providing considerably less benefit than seniors could get on their own.


AARP - Controversy

1 [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_11/

b3924050_mz011.htm By Raising Its Voice, AARP Raises Questions] BusinessWeek, 14 March 2005,

accessed 7 January 2008


AARP - Controversy

1 Nannis also stated that the AARP gained 400,000 members and that 1.5 million members renewed their

memberships within the same period of time.


AARP - Controversy

1 Thomas C. Nelson, Past Ex-Officio / Past COO AARP Foundation AARP respectively, received

$1,176,614 salary/compensation from the charity. This is the 5th most money given by any

charity to the head of a charity, according to Charity Watch. It includes a separation payment

of $682,285. The full amount of Thomas Nelson's compensation was paid by AARP, not AARP Foundation. Despite this, Charity Watch

rates AARP a B-.Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report, Volume Number 59,

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List of conspiracy theories - HAARP

1 Others believe that the government uses HAARP to send mind-controlling radio waves

to humans.


American Association of Retired Persons - AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated

1 AARP Services develops new products, manages and markets

products and services, and creates and maintains partnership and

sponsorship relationships.


Social Security reform - AARP study

1 The AARP publishes its views on Social Security reform options periodically. It

summarized its views on a series of reform options during October

2012.[http://www.aarp.org/work/social-security/info-05-2012/future-of-social-security-proposals.html?cmp=BAC-

OUTBRAIN-WORK_8445356_The-Future-of-Social-Security-12-Proposa AARP-The Future of Social Security: 12 Proposals You Should

Know About-November 2012]


AARP The Magazine

1 'AARP The Magazine' is an American bi-monthly magazine, published by

AARP, which focuses on aging issues.


AARP The Magazine - History and operations

1 The magazine is sent to every AARP member, and thus is the List of

magazines by circulation#United States|largest circulation magazine in

the United States; it has held that position since the late 1980s.

[http://www.aarpmagazine.org AARP Magazine] The circulation of the

magazine was 23,748,475 copies in 2010 where it was 22,407,421 in

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AARP The Magazine - History and operations

1 AARP thus was the largest circulation magazine in the United States until 2010, when the magazine published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, namely, The Watchtower,

now has the highest circulation in the world, exceeding 45 million copies, and the second being the Awake! at

44 million. AARP magazine is now the 3rd in the list.


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