The AARP (American Assoiation of Retired Persons) has announced it's support for the Health Care Plan of the House Democrats. They support the main points of the House Bill: preventive care, savings in the system, insurance for pre-existing conditions and for all age groups, affordability of health care. The main plus for the AARP is the prospect of more people age 50-64 to gain insurance. In the words of Bob Gallo, a senior state director of the Illionois AARP, "AARP is proud to endorse H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961. We urge members of the House to pass this critical plan this year and finally fix our broken health-care system." However, for AARP to back the House bill could be problematic as many retirees are afraid of negative effects of cuts in Medicare.
by Lucie
Sources:
AP/Yahoo News November 4, 2009
Chicago Sun Times November 7, 2009
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