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  AARP's Conflicts of InterestThe AARP's Washington headquarters, in a stunning reversal, has endorsed the current Medicare prescription drug plan. A Public Citizen analysis of the AARP's finances, however, reveals a long list of potential conflicts of interest. AARP's financial records show that, if the bill is passed, the group stands to make tens of millions of dollars through its various commercial health care ventures. A representative for AARP acknowledged Friday in the New York Times that about 24% of the AARP's revenues come from their health insurance-related activites. Click here to see the Public Citizen analysis or here to see the press release. Click here to see a posting on the AARP message board showing how AARP rigged a poll of their members showing a 75% approval rate of the bill. Click here to see an analysis by doctors from the Harvard Medical School and Physicians for a National Health Plan. Click here to see an analysis of AARP's conflicts of interest by Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif) or here to see his chart showing how the Medicare bill that AARP now supports falls well short of a pledge AARP asked members of Congress to sign in 2002. Click here to view a USA Today story from November 21st on the AARP's Conflicts of Interest. Click here to see a letter from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Tom Daschle demanding the AARP account for its conflicts of interest. more resources
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