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The seduction: AARP's support for last fall's Medicare bill shocked many Democrats--and thousands of the group's members. But if they'd known this history, they wouldn't have been shocked at all.
American Prospect, The, June, 2004 by Dreyfuss, Barbara T.
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LAST JULY, AS THE DEBATE OVER A MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION--drug bill heated up, AARP, the nation's largest senior-citizen lobbying organization with some 35 million members, sent a letter to Congress detailing issues that "must be fixed" before it could endorse a final bill. Among the group's chief concerns were "program structure and the adequacy and affordability of the benefit package." If the legislation "does more harm than good," AARP warned, the group would oppose it.
Coverage in the press painted an ominous picture: AARP might be ready to pull the ...
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