The GOP’s new line of attack against health care reform is starting to sound familiar.
On Monday, we reported on the House GOP’s plans to target AARP in the health care reform debate. Republican leaders say AARP is supporting changes to the Medicare system included in Democratic health care reform bills because they would result in more sales of AARP-branded insurance. They claim that “backroom deals” between executives of the AARP and Democratic leadership — deals the GOP say are designed to protect the executives’ high salaries — led to the group’s pro-Medicare reform stance.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=136094