Seniors' racket.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Brief article

I was delighted to see a major media institution tell the story, oft repeated here, of the AARP's dependence on a health insurance company. Dan Eggen of the Washington Post reports that royalties from the AARP's selling of its endorsements have become "the primary source of revenue for the group." And 63 percent of those royalties come from UnitedHealth Group. I can assure you that what this means is that, as long as the AARP endorses the White House's health tare bill, the Obama administration will do nothing to reform the Medigap policies endorsed by AARP that are UnitedHealth Group's main cash cow.

Seniors think these policies will cover the gap between doctors' and hospitals' bills and the amount...