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News: AP: AARP will endorse healthcare legislation
The Page by Mark Halperin: Report: AARP to Back House Health Bill
Fired Up! Missouri: AARP Will Endorse House Democrats' Health Care Bill
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AP: AARP will endorse healthcare legislation
News —
The AARP will endorse the House Democrats' healthcare bill, the Associated Press is reporting. Officials with knowledge of the group's decision told The Associate Press on Wednesday that the senior's lobby has decided to give the $1.2 trillion measure its seal of approval. An announcement is expected Thursday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not been made. If true, the endorsement would be a nice reassurance for Democrats nervous about what a healthcare vote would do to their 2010 re-election chances. The AARP ...
Report: AARP to Back House Health Bill
The Page by Mark Halperin —
obamaaarp Associated Press: Seniors' lobby will endorse reform bill Dems are prepping for the House floor.
AARP Will Endorse House Democrats' Health Care Bill
Fired Up! Missouri —
The Associated Press:
Officials are telling The Associated Press that AARP - the seniors' lobby - will endorse the health care overhaul bill that House Democrats are preparing to take to the floor.
Officials with knowledge of the group's decision told The Associate Press on Wednesday that the senior's lobby has decided to give the $1.2 trillion measure its seal of approval. An announcement is expected Thursday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not been made.
AARP comes through in the clutch?
Political Animal —
... . The AARP had agreed with the president's assessment about Medicare policy, and pushed back against bogus conservative claims, but the American Association of Retired Persons had not formally endorsed the reform proposal. That was in August. Now, it appears the AARP, one of the nation's largest and most powerful membership organizations, is poised to get off the fence . Officials are telling The Associated Press that AARP -- the seniors' lobby -- will endorse the health care overhaul bill that House Democrats are preparing to take to the floor. Officials with knowledge of ...
AARP to endorse government health care takeover
Michelle Malkin —
... announcements of an AARP Obamacare endorsement over the past several months, but now it’s just about official. I heard from an insider a few days ago that the endorsement was imminent and that it will be published by AARP tomorrow. The Associated Press also says its sources are telling the wire service the same thing. I’ve been told that the endorsement will argue that senior citizens will actually benefit from the government health care takeover despite a half-billion-dollars in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid because of the House version’s subsidies for medium-income ...

