Just received an “Urgent update: Possible vote on the special interest health care bill” email from Fred Griesbach, Director of Grassroots Advocacy for AARP:
Congressional leaders have brought back the terrible healthcare bill, and it's even worse than before!
Unless we do something, they could pass an age tax that could cost you up to $13,000 per year, weaken Medicare, give billions away to special interests, and end protections for 25 million Americans between 50-64 with preexisting conditions like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
Oh, and did we mention – Congress is exempting themselves from any change to the preexisting conditions protections. Outrageous and unacceptable.
The email goes on to give AARP’s Legislative Hotline phone number, which connects callers directly to their Congressional representatives. If you are not on the organization’s email list, you can see the text of the email here.
Thanks to AARP for throwing its considerable influence behind the effort to stop Republican plans to ruin Americans’ health care.