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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

AARP Claims Impartiality in Health Debate


“AARP, which has lost tens of thousands of members over its support for efforts to revamp the health care system, is preparing a post-Labor Day blitz to try to cast itself as a politically impartial advocate on health care issues…. Since July 1, many of the 60,000 AARP members who have quit over concerns about health care legislation said they were worried it could lead to cuts in Medicare. Although AARP has not endorsed any specific plan, its general support for a system change left many members with the impression it backs the Democrats’ bill.” (USA Today, Wednesday)

Medicare is a model of what exactly?

FEE Timely Classic
“Your Money and Your Life: The Price of Universal Health Care” by Jane M. Orient


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.