AARP members protest group's endorsement of Medicare bill

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: November 27, 2003| Author: MARTIN FINUCANE | Copyright information

AARP members protest group's endorsement of Medicare bill

By MARTIN FINUCANE Associated Press

Thursday, November 27, 2003

Boston -- Senior citizens angry over the AARP's endorsement of the Medicare bill are ripping up or burning their AARP membership cards and flooding the lobbying group's Internet message board with complaints in what could be the biggest revolt in its ranks since the 1980s.

Many fear the bill approved Tuesday by Congress will harm senior citizens,...

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