Here’s what you should know.
1. The lobbying group spent an unspecified seven-figured amount centering on President Trump’s campaign “about leaving Medicaid and social security benefits untouched.”
2. President Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said in January 2017 the president would keep his promise to leave Medicare and Medicaid intact.
3. The AARP fears the President will privatize the sector, thereby “increasing costs and risks for seniors.”
4. AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins wrote in a letter “We will continue to oppose changes to [the] current law that cuts benefits, increases costs or reduces the ability of these critical programs to deliver on their benefit promises.”
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