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NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the infobox, lead, personal life and philanthropy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
“History section”
Andrus decided to seek group insurance coverage for retired teachers through NRTA. She was rejected by dozens of private insurance companies [1] because companies at the time deemed adults over age 65 to be “uninsurable.” [2] In 1955, Continental Casualty Co. agreed to offer coverage to retired teachers in New York State. The experiment was a financial success, and three years later, the NRTA Health Plan was expanded nationally. In 1958, Dr. Andrus created the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) as a sister organization to NRTA. Through membership in AARP, the general population age 55 and older gained access to the insurance benefits previously limited to former teachers. [3] [4] Dr. Andrus continued to run AARP until 1967, when she died of a heart attack at age 82. [5]
AARP severed ties with Davis in 1979 and began dropping Colonial Penn products. AARP sought competitive bids for insurance coverage and in 1981 chose Prudential Insurance Company of America to underwrite the group health plan for AARP members. [6] [7]
“Advocacy Section” ‘’’Health care’’’
AARP testified before Congress in support of the Older Americans Act [8] and the amendments to Social Security [9] that created the Medicare Program, which President Johnson enacted into law in 1965 [10]
By 2009, more than 50 million Americans were without health insurance coverage at some point during the year [11]. AARP backed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) proposed by President Barack Obama [12] In early 2017, AARP strongly opposed the American Health Care Act of 2017, saying that older Americans would be unfairly burdened with higher premiums and smaller tax credits.[28] In 2017, AARP successfully opposed legislative efforts to repeal the ACA [13] [14] [15]
‘’’New Section’’’
‘’’Age Discrimination’’’
AARP advocated for The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 [16] and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. In 2009, AARP backed the “Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act” (POWADA) [17] which aims to restore fairness for workers 40 and older by treating age discrimination as seriously as other forms of workplace discrimination [18].
Thank you for your time and consideration. Justin Goldsborough ( talk) 21:39, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
References
"The one thing Andrus could not provide for the retired teachers was health insurance. Her petition for group insurance was rejected by 31 companies because they considered people 65 and older uninsurable."
It was not until the early '80s that these issues were settled, by which time AARP had replaced Colonial Penn with Prudential as the primary carrier for policies offered to its members, and severed its ties with Colonial Penn.
"All told, 50.7 million Americans didn't have health insurance last year."
"And today the health insurance reform effort gained even more critical momentum as the AARP announced that it is supporting the Senate reform legislation."
"Non-profit AARP said Tuesday that based on the results of the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the GOP Senate healthcare bill, all senators should vote against the Better Care Reconciliation Act."
"Backed by AARP, POWADA would address an adverse 2009 Supreme Court decision that made it much more difficult for older workers to prove claims of illegal bias based on age."
"The legislation makes Congress' intent clear that discrimination in the workplace – against older workers or others – is never acceptable," said Nancy LeaMond, AARP executive vice president chief advocacy and engagement officer."
Here's a good story in Kaiser Health News. While I do appreciate the skills of the AARP communications department, and FleishmanHillard, I think even they would agree that WP:NPOV improves the article and makes it more credible.
The Criticism section avoids one of the most common criticisms of AARP in WP:RS -- its conflicts of interest -- which are detailed in this KHN story. While AARP is a non-profit, it gets most of its income from royalties, including UnitedHealthCare. In their policy decisions and product recommendations, are they serving the interests of their members, or their own interests of collecting revenue (and executive payments)? Bruce Vladic said that AARP "is in the insurance business." The conservative group American Commitment said that AARP "has grown in to a marketing and sales firm with a public policy advocacy group on the side." This conflict of interest came up when AARP supported Medicare Advantage in 2003, which this Wikipedia article does discuss under "Health Insurance". However, one of the big problems with this Wikipedia article is the section on "Single Payer," which contains a snippit from John Conyers and three paragraphs of AARP official statements explaining why single payer wouldn't work.
I think the common theme in all of this is that AARP started as an insurance company, and expanded into a large, effective public policy lobbying organization representing seniors, generally advocating liberal and Democratic policies (supporting Obamacare). But many of its critics point to its financial conflicts of interest, which benefit the organization and its well-paid executives, at the expense of its members. This accusation came up particularly in the debate over single payer.
https://khn.org/news/article/aarp-health-marketing-partnerships-medicare-medigap/
AARP’s Billion-Dollar Bounty
By Fred Schulte
Kaiser Health News
JUNE 6, 2022
There is also a link in this article's archives to an article in the New York Times on AARP by Paul Krugman.
-- Nbauman ( talk) 17:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. |
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the Infobox and Advocacy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
“Infobox section”
I am suggesting the following change to the Infobox to improve the accuracy of the article.
“Advocacy section”
I am suggesting the following Advocacy section edits to 1) add additional context about the history of the Medicare Part D signing, 2) provide historical context to AARP’s lobbying efforts against the pharmaceutical industry, 3) detail AARP’s efforts to improve brain health, which are an important part of the organization’s healthcare story.
AARP's public stances influenced the United States Congress' passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which created Medicare Part D, in 2003, and also influenced Congress by resisting changes to Social Security in 2005. President George W. Bush called the Medicare legislation “the greatest advance in health care coverage for America’s seniors since the founding of Medicare.” [2] In 2007, AARP launched the “Divided We Fail” campaign with the Business Roundtable, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Service Employees International Union. The campaign urged presidential candidates in both major parties to commit to making health insurance coverage more affordable and to strengthen Social Security. [3]
In 2019, AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices, an effort that positioned AARP as the “drug industry’s primary opponent.” Max Richtman, head of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said, “PhRMA is an 800-pound gorilla. And I think they’re meeting another 800-pound gorilla in AARP.” [4] AARP supported a bipartisan bill that year by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that set caps on drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and increased pressure on drug companies to lower prices. [5] In 2021, AARP launched the “Fair Rx Prices Now!” Campaign to support legislation that would enable the Medicare Program to negotiate prices with drug companies as a means of lowering prices for consumers, limit price increases for certain drugs and cap out-of-pocket spending by Medicare beneficiaries. [6]
As early as 1959, AARP began advocating for lower prescription drug costs to ease the burden on older consumers. Founder Ethel Percy Andrus testified during the 1962 Senate hearings on pharmaceutical industry pricing practices. “Our concern is relief from suffering and improvement of health. We feel that 15 to 20 percent profit earned by several large manufacturers is detrimental to this concern,” Andrus told the committee in 1962. [7] AARP regularly publishes Rx Price Watch Reports noting pricing trends in popular drugs for seniors and AARP's advocacy for lower prices has put it at odds with the drug industry. [8] AARP and PhRMA continue to drive the debate about prescription drug prices in Washington. [4]
In a 2014 study conducted by AARP, 93% of people identified maintaining brain health as a high priority as they age. [9] The organization created a brain health assessment and program called Staying Sharp [10] and it formed the Global Council on Brain Health – an independent, international group of brain health experts and researchers that publishes findings such as the impact of music on brain health. [11] [12] In 2018, AARP donated $60 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund for research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease. [13] [14]
Thank you for your time and consideration. Justin Goldsborough ( talk) 00:17, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices, an effort that positioned AARP as the “drug industry’s primary opponent.”, for example, contains a quotation that is not attributed to anyone and puts in WikiVoice the claim that the pharmaceutical industry's drug prices are objectively high). And sources like GoBankingRates (see original article) seem more like PR blogs rather than reliable sources. I might take a shot later today at rephrasing some of the information, but the proposed paragraphs in requests 2-4 appear to have issues w.r.t. NPOV and source reliability and cannot be implemented as-is. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 18:18, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
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An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes. |
@ Red-tailed hawk: Thank you for your feedback on the Advocacy section edit request from July 6, 2022. The request has been updated based on your suggestions. I added more notable sources, eliminated questionable sources and rephrased language to include a more neutral POV. A summary of the updates for each edit request below has been added.
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the Infobox and Advocacy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Justin Goldsborough ( talk • contribs) 15:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
‘‘‘Advocacy section’’’
I am suggesting the following Advocacy section edits to 1) add additional context about the history of the Medicare Part D signing, 2) provide historical context to AARP’s lobbying efforts supporting lower prescription drug prices and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, 3) detail AARP’s efforts to improve brain health.
“Edit 1”
President George W. Bush called the Medicare legislation “the greatest advance in health care coverage for America’s seniors since the founding of Medicare.” [1] In 2007, AARP launched the “Divided We Fail” campaign with the Business Roundtable, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Service Employees International Union. The campaign urged presidential candidates in both major parties to commit to making health insurance coverage more affordable and to strengthen Social Security. [2] [3]
“Edit 2”
In 2019, AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices called “Stop Rx Greed” [4] and supported a bipartisan bill by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that set caps on drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and increased pressure on drug companies to lower prices. [5] In 2021, AARP launched the “Fair Rx Prices Now!” Campaign to support legislation that would enable the Medicare Program to negotiate prices with drug companies as a means of lowering prices for consumers, limit price increases for certain drugs and cap out-of-pocket spending by Medicare beneficiaries. [6]
As early as 1959, AARP began advocating for lower prescription drug costs to ease the burden on older consumers. [7] Founder Ethel Percy Andrus testified during the 1962 Senate hearings on pharmaceutical industry pricing practices. “Our concern is relief from suffering and improvement of health. We feel that 15 to 20 percent profit earned by several large manufacturers is detrimental to this concern,” Andrus told the committee in 1962. [8] AARP regularly publishes Rx Price Watch Reports noting pricing trends in popular drugs for seniors. [9]
“Edit 3”
AARP pushed Congress to include drug pricing reform in the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, ran ads countering drug industry claims and mobilized its 38 million members to lobby their representatives to pass the bill. The Act was signed into law in August of 2022. [10] [11] [12] The Inflation Reduction Act requires HHS, for the first time, to negotiate prices with drug makers for many of the most expensive drugs covered under Medicare. It also penalizes drug companies that raise prices more than the rate of inflation and sets a cap of $2,000 on annual out-of-pocket drug spending for Medicare’s more than 63 million beneficiaries beginning in 2025. [13] [14] These provisions in the act could be life-changing for older Americans who rely on high-priced prescription drugs, saving some thousands of dollars a year. [15] [16]
“Edit 4”
In a 2014 study conducted by AARP, 93% of people identified maintaining brain health as a high priority as they age. [17] AARP created a brain health assessment and program called Staying Sharp [18] and it formed the Global Council on Brain Health – an independent, international group of brain health experts and researchers that publishes findings such as the impact of music on brain health. [19] [20] In 2018, AARP donated $60 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund for research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease. [21] [22]
Thank you for taking the time to review this request.
Justin Goldsborough (
talk) 01:33, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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AARP article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
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This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the infobox, lead, personal life and philanthropy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
“History section”
Andrus decided to seek group insurance coverage for retired teachers through NRTA. She was rejected by dozens of private insurance companies [1] because companies at the time deemed adults over age 65 to be “uninsurable.” [2] In 1955, Continental Casualty Co. agreed to offer coverage to retired teachers in New York State. The experiment was a financial success, and three years later, the NRTA Health Plan was expanded nationally. In 1958, Dr. Andrus created the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) as a sister organization to NRTA. Through membership in AARP, the general population age 55 and older gained access to the insurance benefits previously limited to former teachers. [3] [4] Dr. Andrus continued to run AARP until 1967, when she died of a heart attack at age 82. [5]
AARP severed ties with Davis in 1979 and began dropping Colonial Penn products. AARP sought competitive bids for insurance coverage and in 1981 chose Prudential Insurance Company of America to underwrite the group health plan for AARP members. [6] [7]
“Advocacy Section” ‘’’Health care’’’
AARP testified before Congress in support of the Older Americans Act [8] and the amendments to Social Security [9] that created the Medicare Program, which President Johnson enacted into law in 1965 [10]
By 2009, more than 50 million Americans were without health insurance coverage at some point during the year [11]. AARP backed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) proposed by President Barack Obama [12] In early 2017, AARP strongly opposed the American Health Care Act of 2017, saying that older Americans would be unfairly burdened with higher premiums and smaller tax credits.[28] In 2017, AARP successfully opposed legislative efforts to repeal the ACA [13] [14] [15]
‘’’New Section’’’
‘’’Age Discrimination’’’
AARP advocated for The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 [16] and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. In 2009, AARP backed the “Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act” (POWADA) [17] which aims to restore fairness for workers 40 and older by treating age discrimination as seriously as other forms of workplace discrimination [18].
Thank you for your time and consideration. Justin Goldsborough ( talk) 21:39, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
References
"The one thing Andrus could not provide for the retired teachers was health insurance. Her petition for group insurance was rejected by 31 companies because they considered people 65 and older uninsurable."
It was not until the early '80s that these issues were settled, by which time AARP had replaced Colonial Penn with Prudential as the primary carrier for policies offered to its members, and severed its ties with Colonial Penn.
"All told, 50.7 million Americans didn't have health insurance last year."
"And today the health insurance reform effort gained even more critical momentum as the AARP announced that it is supporting the Senate reform legislation."
"Non-profit AARP said Tuesday that based on the results of the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the GOP Senate healthcare bill, all senators should vote against the Better Care Reconciliation Act."
"Backed by AARP, POWADA would address an adverse 2009 Supreme Court decision that made it much more difficult for older workers to prove claims of illegal bias based on age."
"The legislation makes Congress' intent clear that discrimination in the workplace – against older workers or others – is never acceptable," said Nancy LeaMond, AARP executive vice president chief advocacy and engagement officer."
Here's a good story in Kaiser Health News. While I do appreciate the skills of the AARP communications department, and FleishmanHillard, I think even they would agree that WP:NPOV improves the article and makes it more credible.
The Criticism section avoids one of the most common criticisms of AARP in WP:RS -- its conflicts of interest -- which are detailed in this KHN story. While AARP is a non-profit, it gets most of its income from royalties, including UnitedHealthCare. In their policy decisions and product recommendations, are they serving the interests of their members, or their own interests of collecting revenue (and executive payments)? Bruce Vladic said that AARP "is in the insurance business." The conservative group American Commitment said that AARP "has grown in to a marketing and sales firm with a public policy advocacy group on the side." This conflict of interest came up when AARP supported Medicare Advantage in 2003, which this Wikipedia article does discuss under "Health Insurance". However, one of the big problems with this Wikipedia article is the section on "Single Payer," which contains a snippit from John Conyers and three paragraphs of AARP official statements explaining why single payer wouldn't work.
I think the common theme in all of this is that AARP started as an insurance company, and expanded into a large, effective public policy lobbying organization representing seniors, generally advocating liberal and Democratic policies (supporting Obamacare). But many of its critics point to its financial conflicts of interest, which benefit the organization and its well-paid executives, at the expense of its members. This accusation came up particularly in the debate over single payer.
https://khn.org/news/article/aarp-health-marketing-partnerships-medicare-medigap/
AARP’s Billion-Dollar Bounty
By Fred Schulte
Kaiser Health News
JUNE 6, 2022
There is also a link in this article's archives to an article in the New York Times on AARP by Paul Krugman.
-- Nbauman ( talk) 17:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. |
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the Infobox and Advocacy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
“Infobox section”
I am suggesting the following change to the Infobox to improve the accuracy of the article.
“Advocacy section”
I am suggesting the following Advocacy section edits to 1) add additional context about the history of the Medicare Part D signing, 2) provide historical context to AARP’s lobbying efforts against the pharmaceutical industry, 3) detail AARP’s efforts to improve brain health, which are an important part of the organization’s healthcare story.
AARP's public stances influenced the United States Congress' passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which created Medicare Part D, in 2003, and also influenced Congress by resisting changes to Social Security in 2005. President George W. Bush called the Medicare legislation “the greatest advance in health care coverage for America’s seniors since the founding of Medicare.” [2] In 2007, AARP launched the “Divided We Fail” campaign with the Business Roundtable, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Service Employees International Union. The campaign urged presidential candidates in both major parties to commit to making health insurance coverage more affordable and to strengthen Social Security. [3]
In 2019, AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices, an effort that positioned AARP as the “drug industry’s primary opponent.” Max Richtman, head of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said, “PhRMA is an 800-pound gorilla. And I think they’re meeting another 800-pound gorilla in AARP.” [4] AARP supported a bipartisan bill that year by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that set caps on drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and increased pressure on drug companies to lower prices. [5] In 2021, AARP launched the “Fair Rx Prices Now!” Campaign to support legislation that would enable the Medicare Program to negotiate prices with drug companies as a means of lowering prices for consumers, limit price increases for certain drugs and cap out-of-pocket spending by Medicare beneficiaries. [6]
As early as 1959, AARP began advocating for lower prescription drug costs to ease the burden on older consumers. Founder Ethel Percy Andrus testified during the 1962 Senate hearings on pharmaceutical industry pricing practices. “Our concern is relief from suffering and improvement of health. We feel that 15 to 20 percent profit earned by several large manufacturers is detrimental to this concern,” Andrus told the committee in 1962. [7] AARP regularly publishes Rx Price Watch Reports noting pricing trends in popular drugs for seniors and AARP's advocacy for lower prices has put it at odds with the drug industry. [8] AARP and PhRMA continue to drive the debate about prescription drug prices in Washington. [4]
In a 2014 study conducted by AARP, 93% of people identified maintaining brain health as a high priority as they age. [9] The organization created a brain health assessment and program called Staying Sharp [10] and it formed the Global Council on Brain Health – an independent, international group of brain health experts and researchers that publishes findings such as the impact of music on brain health. [11] [12] In 2018, AARP donated $60 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund for research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease. [13] [14]
Thank you for your time and consideration. Justin Goldsborough ( talk) 00:17, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices, an effort that positioned AARP as the “drug industry’s primary opponent.”, for example, contains a quotation that is not attributed to anyone and puts in WikiVoice the claim that the pharmaceutical industry's drug prices are objectively high). And sources like GoBankingRates (see original article) seem more like PR blogs rather than reliable sources. I might take a shot later today at rephrasing some of the information, but the proposed paragraphs in requests 2-4 appear to have issues w.r.t. NPOV and source reliability and cannot be implemented as-is. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 18:18, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
References
An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes. |
@ Red-tailed hawk: Thank you for your feedback on the Advocacy section edit request from July 6, 2022. The request has been updated based on your suggestions. I added more notable sources, eliminated questionable sources and rephrased language to include a more neutral POV. A summary of the updates for each edit request below has been added.
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AARP. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to correct inaccuracies and provide additional detail for the Infobox and Advocacy sections and have provided related sourcing for review. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Justin Goldsborough ( talk • contribs) 15:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
‘‘‘Advocacy section’’’
I am suggesting the following Advocacy section edits to 1) add additional context about the history of the Medicare Part D signing, 2) provide historical context to AARP’s lobbying efforts supporting lower prescription drug prices and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, 3) detail AARP’s efforts to improve brain health.
“Edit 1”
President George W. Bush called the Medicare legislation “the greatest advance in health care coverage for America’s seniors since the founding of Medicare.” [1] In 2007, AARP launched the “Divided We Fail” campaign with the Business Roundtable, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Service Employees International Union. The campaign urged presidential candidates in both major parties to commit to making health insurance coverage more affordable and to strengthen Social Security. [2] [3]
“Edit 2”
In 2019, AARP mounted a multi-million dollar campaign against the pharmaceutical industry and its high drug prices called “Stop Rx Greed” [4] and supported a bipartisan bill by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that set caps on drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and increased pressure on drug companies to lower prices. [5] In 2021, AARP launched the “Fair Rx Prices Now!” Campaign to support legislation that would enable the Medicare Program to negotiate prices with drug companies as a means of lowering prices for consumers, limit price increases for certain drugs and cap out-of-pocket spending by Medicare beneficiaries. [6]
As early as 1959, AARP began advocating for lower prescription drug costs to ease the burden on older consumers. [7] Founder Ethel Percy Andrus testified during the 1962 Senate hearings on pharmaceutical industry pricing practices. “Our concern is relief from suffering and improvement of health. We feel that 15 to 20 percent profit earned by several large manufacturers is detrimental to this concern,” Andrus told the committee in 1962. [8] AARP regularly publishes Rx Price Watch Reports noting pricing trends in popular drugs for seniors. [9]
“Edit 3”
AARP pushed Congress to include drug pricing reform in the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, ran ads countering drug industry claims and mobilized its 38 million members to lobby their representatives to pass the bill. The Act was signed into law in August of 2022. [10] [11] [12] The Inflation Reduction Act requires HHS, for the first time, to negotiate prices with drug makers for many of the most expensive drugs covered under Medicare. It also penalizes drug companies that raise prices more than the rate of inflation and sets a cap of $2,000 on annual out-of-pocket drug spending for Medicare’s more than 63 million beneficiaries beginning in 2025. [13] [14] These provisions in the act could be life-changing for older Americans who rely on high-priced prescription drugs, saving some thousands of dollars a year. [15] [16]
“Edit 4”
In a 2014 study conducted by AARP, 93% of people identified maintaining brain health as a high priority as they age. [17] AARP created a brain health assessment and program called Staying Sharp [18] and it formed the Global Council on Brain Health – an independent, international group of brain health experts and researchers that publishes findings such as the impact of music on brain health. [19] [20] In 2018, AARP donated $60 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund for research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease. [21] [22]
Thank you for taking the time to review this request.
Justin Goldsborough (
talk) 01:33, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
References