AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released this statement today in support of Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-CO) amendment to protect Medicare benefits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, which passed by a vote of 243 to 183, repeals a 21 percent fee reduction scheduled for January 2010, and replaces the physician payment formula with a more stable [...]

With the thermometer dropping and the onset of flu season upon us, AARP is reaching out to their membership and the public to encourage them to get a seasonal flu vaccine this year.
“AARP has long supported healthy behaviors and prevention efforts,” said Merri Dee, AARP Illinois State President. “We encourage all older adults to protect [...]

AARP CEO Barry Rand released the following statement on the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy:
“Early this morning older Americans lost a champion and this nation lost a role model. Senator Kennedy was a tireless fighter for the poor and the working class and the programs they relied upon, especially Medicare and Social Security. His life [...]

The following statement was issued by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) regarding a study on biosimilars presented to Congressional staff by the AARP:
“The so-called AARP ’study’ is simplistic, misleading and extremely flawed. It is based on fuzzy math and even fuzzier assumptions.