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. From: The American Prospect | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Dreyfuss, Barbara T. | COPYRIGHT 2004 The American Prospect, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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 i...

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