AARP Endorses House Health Care Bill
The tragedy at Ft. Hood will rightly overshadow the fact that today, the AARP endorsed the House health care bill, which could be on the floor this Saturday.
“Under the House plan… insurance companies will not be able to reject you or charge you an outrageous premium because you got sick once, you may get sick again, you lost your job, you’re over 50 years old or because your employer dropped your coverage,” said A. Barry Rand, chief executive of the 40-million-member association for older Americans, in an article posted its website. “Millions of Americans will start to regain control over their lives.” The press conference about the endorsement — the first time the organization has backed a specific bill out of the others floating out there — is embedded below.