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  Aarp St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
The AARP was termed "greedy geezers" by the media, and its support of the ill-fated Medicare Catastrophic Care Act (since repealed) during the 1980s was an image disaster.
The AARP has made a significant effort to define itself as an advocacy organization which is changing the way Americans view aging, yet this has been a difficult message to sell to Baby Boomers in particular, many of whom are more interested in preserving a youthful appearance and attitude than in considering retirement.
AARP is the field artillery in a liberal army dedicated to defending the welfare state." At the same time, the AARP is viewed with suspicion by many on the left who deplore its size and moderate politics.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100001   (844 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - AARP 'dead set against' Bush's Social Security plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
AARP has already unleashed an advertising campaign against Bush's expected proposal.
AARP's support was critical abd paerhaps decisive in helping Bush win passage of his Medicare overhaul plan in 2003.
Novelli was asked about Republicans' efforts to bring AARP on board for Social Security, including chances the group might agree to a compromise in return for lifting income taxes on retirement benefits.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-01-24-aarp-ss_x.htm   (815 words)

  
 AARP Job Opportunities - Explore Career Opportunities at AARP
At AARP, we are enriching the experience of aging for each member and for society through the commitment and exceptional performance of our most valuable resource: our employees.
With over 35 million members, AARP is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over in the United States.
AARP is dedicated to enhancing quality of life for all as we age.
www.aarpjobs.com   (278 words)

  
 ► Aarp Insurance, Health Insurance Review
Aarp delivers values to members through informayion, advocacy and also mainly with their services.
The main goal of aarp insurance is to help their customers to their maximum possible extent.
Aarp Health insurance is available in many cities like Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, texas, Illinos, Lousiana and many.
www.aarp.autoinsurance-quotes.org   (405 words)

  
 The games AARP plays - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - April 14, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
In the ongoing debate over Social Security, AARP may claim that its mission is to defend the elderly, but its use of manipulative polls and inaccurate ads to needlessly frighten the public about the merits of reform raises serious questions about its tactics.
Moreover, while AARP says private stocks are too risky for individuals to invest their retirement savings, the multibillion organization has no problem making millions off those same "risky" investments.
AARP's determination to stop private accounts is also perplexing since the nonprofit makes millions of dollars each year from stocks and other investments.
www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20050413-093809-2917r.htm   (734 words)

  
 AARP Issues Blog: AARP's Social Security Message on TV
AARP's Social Security Message on TV AARP is now showing a television commercial about strengthening Social Security.
AARP Policy and Research - Research on the news and interests of the 50 plus population.
AARP Advocate Newsletter: Stay informed on AARP's legislative and election activities.
aarp.typepad.com /socialsecurity/2005/03/aarps_social_se.html   (155 words)

  
 USA Next - Voice Your Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
AARP is a breeding ground of deceit that is directed toward a vulnerable age group.
I knew, before I joined AARP that it was a divisive liberal organization but I hoped that the more members that objected to their pandering to what they believe "old" people want dedistribution of income through the goverment.
AARP is run by crooks who feel it is right to lie cheat and steal from those they claim to protect.
www.usanext.org /voices.cfm   (7673 words)

  
 Dover Community News Seniors: AARP dental insurance comes to New Hampshire
The AARP Dental Insurance Plan has recently announced the addition of 10 new states, bringing the total to 48 states (including the District of Columbia) in which the program is now available, expanding affordable dental coverage to millions of additional AARP members and their families.
AARP is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization dedicated to making life better for people 50 and older.
AARP provides information and resources; engages in legislative, regulatory and legal advocacy; assists members in serving their communities; and offers a wide range of unique benefits, special products and services for its members.
www.seacoastonline.com /news/dover/01202006/seniors/83667.htm   (426 words)

  
 AARP Is Talking 'Bout That Generation - Customer Service - CIO Magazine Mar 1,2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
But AARP also has its eye on an emerging constituency even more powerful due to its sheer numbers—the 76 million baby boomers who are easing into middle age and will begin their retirements during the next decade.
Among the many facts AARP has learned about Americans born between 1946 and 1964—their ethnic diversity, relative affluence and sense of individualism and self-reliance—one of the most significant differences between them and their parents is that they are not good at waiting.
AARP does not have any direct competition, even though there are other groups at both ends of the political spectrum that lobby on issues important to seniors and provide some modest services.
www.cio.com /archive/030104/aarp.html   (3821 words)

  
 AARP Webplace | Reverse Mortgages | Loan Calculator
AARP does not endorse any specific reverse mortgage product or lender.
Warning: This calculator is provided by AARP under an agreement with NETirement.com, Inc. which has copyrighted it.
AARP and NETirement hereby restrict the use of this calculator to noncommercial purposes.
www.rmaarp.com   (179 words)

  
 Home: FAQs: AARP Automobile & Homeowners Insurance Program from The Hartford
AARP and its affiliates receive from The Hartford payments for AARP's license of its name and logo for use by The Hartford and for administrative services rendered in connection with the program.
AARP membership is required for program eligibility in most states.
AARP and its affiliates receive from The Hartford payments for AARP's license of its name and logos for use by The Hartford and for administrative services rendered in connection with the AARP Automobile and Homeowners Insurance Programs.
aarp.thehartford.com /home/hfaq.html   (645 words)

  
 AARP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AARP evolved from the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA), which Andrus had established in 1947 to promote her philosophy of productive aging, and in response to the need of retired teachers for health insurance.
AARP is widely known for defending and advancing the interests of aging populations through a multitude of initiatives, including lobbying efforts at the state and national governmental level, an activity permitted by its 501(c)(4) status.
AARP's public stances influenced the United States Congress' passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which authorized the creation of Medicare Part D, in 2003, and the Congress' resistance to changes to Social Security in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AARP   (692 words)

  
 “Young People Be Damned!”(Reactionary AARP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
AARP's claim is that were these accounts to be privitized, there would be a need for massive tax increases to fund them.
AARP is the largest lobbying organization in the country.
However, the AARP supports things like keeping the retirement age at 65, whereas most of its members support raising the retirement age as a method of keeping social security expenditures down.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1296208/posts   (3583 words)

  
 AARP | North Carolina
AARP provides unique benefits and services to members in North Carolina and excels as a dynamic presence in communities across the state.
AARP volunteers in North Carolina share their rich experience by giving back to society in a wide variety of ways.
Learn what AARP is doing on your behalf in state and federal legislative affairs.
www.aarp.org /statepages/nc.html   (325 words)

  
 AARP The Magazine
In an excerpt from his new book, AARP CEO Bill Novelli says 50+ Americans are poised to reinvent our nation.
To serve its members better, AARP has changed the toll-free membership information number to one that is easy to remember: (888) OUR-AARP.
During the transition, calls to the old AARP number will be routed automatically to this new line, which operates from 7 a.m.
www.aarpmagazine.org   (333 words)

  
 AARP Invests in Hypocrisy
Among the AARP funds are far riskier choices than advocates of Social Security reform would ever offer to American workers: for example, a Latin American stock fund, a junk-bond fund, and a fund that holds shares of companies based in such highly volatile markets as Indonesia and Russia.
AARP Services, Inc., the lucrative business arm of the AARP, entered into a deal with Scudder Investments to sell mutual funds to its members as part of a special affinity program.
Another possible choice for seniors is the AARP Large Company Growth fund, but, since its inception in 2001, it has failed each year to beat the broad market average, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1344292/posts   (1465 words)

  
 Grandparenting
Give the grandkids the best gift of all, an education with help from AARP and Loan to Learn.
Sign up for a free newsletter from AARP for grandparents who are raising grandchildren.
AARP Long-Term Care Insurance - Help pay for in-home or facility care.
www.aarp.com /grandparents   (159 words)

  
 AARP
The AARP has a little egg on its face, and USA Triathlon has its feelings hurt, and all for understandable reasons.
The AARP budgeted something close to a million dollars of its own money to put on a series of seven events this year, and in order to execute the AARP series USA Triathlon sent out its own RFP.
If the reason is that the AARP mandates competive bids––if that's the AARP's standard operating procedure––then its own mandates have been circumvented, and its own membership (or at least its leadership) ought to demand better.
www.slowtwitch.com /mainheadings/opinion/aarp.html   (860 words)

  
 AARP and ACBL Tournament Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The AARP hosted five ACBL tournaments at regionals this year, culminating in the “The Bridge to Anaheim” tournament during AARP’s Life@50+AARP's National Event & Expo.
This is the first opportunity to bring tournament play to the AARP’s 35 million members.
The AARP event draws up to 30,000 participants and features entertainers such as this year’s Elton John.
www.acbl.org /newsarchive/aarp.html   (135 words)

  
 AARP Health Care Options   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
AARP MedicareRx Plan is a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) insured by United HealthCare Insurance Company or United HealthCare Insurance Company of New York for New York residents (together called "UnitedHealthcare").
AARP Health Care Options is the name of AARP's health insurance and service program.
Amounts paid are used for the general purposes of AARP and its members.
www.aarphealthcare.com   (391 words)

  
 Growing old waiting for AARP to act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Barbara Estes of Edgewood didn't think it would be a problem to renew her membership for three years in AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons.
Although AARP cashed her check last December, the organization's Web site -- www.aarp.org -- continued to show that her membership would expire this month instead of October 2009.
In addition to that problem, AARP failed to acknowledge that her membership included Hank Snell, her partner.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06284/728947-94.stm   (537 words)

  
 Seniors Draw Fire - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com
Oblivious to a snowstorm that had emptied capital offices, the group's commanders were working late into the night, hunkered down around conference tables to plot their next moves in the war over Social Security—and the war-within-a-war over the central role of AARP.
President Bush's proposal for sweeping changes in the 70-year-old retirement program has touched off the mother of all lobbying battles, and AARP is suddenly in the line of fire.
The caption: "The REAL AARP Agenda." The ad was justified, the group argued, because the Ohio branch of AARP had opposed an anti-gay-marriage referendum in the state.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7038359/site/newsweek   (740 words)

  
 AARP Issues Blog (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-4.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
More Resources: End of Life area on AARP.org: Links to AARP books, articles and web site areas about planning for the end of life and for dying, including wills, estate planning, family discussions and more.
This blog is written and produced by the AARP Issues Blog team.
AARP is not responsible for the content found on external links.
aarp.typepad.com.cob-web.org:8888   (428 words)

  
 Social Security - Retirement Planning - AARP
AARP President Marie Smith and AARP CEO Bill Novelli detail the values AARP believes must be used to evaluate proposals to strengthen Social Security.
AARP believes the current Social Security system needs to be strengthened and supports steps to address future shortfalls.
AARP helps you understand how Social Security works and how to apply for benefits.
www.aarp.org /socialsecurity   (513 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - McCain takes shots at AARP at Bush rally   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
McCain took a jab at AARP, the lobby for older citizens, which has been buying television and newspaper advertisements in cities Bush is visiting to oppose his idea to let younger workers divert some of their payroll taxes into private investment accounts.
The Social Security trustees have said 2042 is the year when the trust fund will be empty and the program will have only annual payroll taxes to pay benefits.
John Rother, policy director for AARP, says his organization does not want to wait until 2042, but favors a solution that is less radical than the private accounts.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-03-22-mccain-aarp_x.htm   (603 words)

  
 advocacy
Since sound laws and their implementation are a major means of enhancing the quality of life for the whole community.
AARP is active in the public policy arena.  The Texas Advocacy Program, a volunteer body composed of AARP members from across the state, represents AARP member interests before the state’s legislative and administrative bodies.  Often, the Advocacy Program works in cooperation with broad-based coalitions and other AARP program volunteers.
AARP is a strong advocate in addressing the issues that are important to the 50+ population.
www.aarptexas.org /index_files/advocacy.html   (152 words)

  
 Medicare Part D and AARP MedicareRx Plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The AARP MedicareRx Plans combine simplicity, ease-of-use and personal service—and are the only plans endorsed by AARP, an organization you can trust.
AARP MedicareRx Plans are endorsed by AARP, and UnitedHealthcare pays a fee to AARP and its affiliate for use of the AARP trademark and other services.
Are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid and want to switch from your current plan.
www.aarpmedicarerx.com   (471 words)

  
 Apple Talk Protocol suite
AARP (AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol) maps between any two sets of addresses at any level of one or more protocol stacks.
Specifically, it is used to map between AppleTalk node addresses used by the Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP), as well as higher-level AppleTalk protocols, and the addresses of the underlying data link that is providing AppleTalk connectivity.
AARP makes it possible for AppleTalk systems to run on any data link.
www.protocols.com /pbook/appletalk.htm   (2143 words)

  
 AARP Auto and Home Insurance Program from The Hartford, Get Your Insurance Quote Today
AARP Insurance Program from The Hartford and see how much you might save.
AARP members could save up to $317* on their auto insurance policy in the first year alone!
A provider of auto and homeowners insurance to members of AARP since 1984.
aarp.thehartford.com   (332 words)

  
 Travel & Hotel Discounts: AARP - Best Western
AARP travel members and guests 55 and older receive at least a 10% AARP hotel discount on room rates at Best Western hotels in the U.S. and Canada, and many Best Western hotels worldwide.
Guests 55 and older* receive at least a 10% AARP travel discount off regular hotel room rates.
Reserve a hotel room online by booking the AARP Rate or call the Worldwide Reservation Offices and ask for the AARP rate to receive your AARP hotel discount.
www.bestwestern.com /programs/aarp.asp   (219 words)

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