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📢 BREAKING: @AARP’s $9 billion+ “unholy alliance” with UnitedHealth and lobbying for policies that benefit big insurers calls into question where AARP's true priorities lie. Read more in our newly released report by @chrisjacobsHC. @kerpen @AmerComm commitmenttoseniors.org/wp-c…
Foreign freeloading is creating larger barriers for seniors to access innovative medicines & treatments. @MFPatient's new scorecard with @Comm4Prosperity tracks how some countries are answering @POTUS's call to end the free-riding. @kerpen
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.@USTreasury’s draft COINS Act regulations threaten the medical progress that American seniors depend on most. Blocking U.S. companies from pursuing promising science means fewer opportunities to develop lifesaving treatments and cures. Protectionism doesn't protect patients.
We would be too if we were facing skyrocketing premiums, copays, and deductibles from insurer-PBMs, all while our so-called "advocate" (@AARP) stayed silent on the issue as they accepted billions from insurer conglomerate UnitedHealth. Something has to change! @realdocspeaks
Here's a question ✋ Why is @AARP partnering with UnitedHealth, raking in over $9 billion in the process, while @UHC is cutting plans & raising costs for seniors? Not to mention, UHC is under DOJ investigation for alleged Medicare fraud. @SenatorLankford
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Coming up at 10 a.m., get your questions answered about Social Security and Medicare as AARP Oklahoma hosts a free interactive telephone town hall. spr.ly/6013BHk2ql @SeanVoskuhl
Health care affordability does matter to older Americans, which is exactly why voters should question how @AARPadvocates on their behalf when they’re cashing checks via insurer-PBM @UHC. To address affordability, we must first examine this financial relationship. @TheProspect
Why won't they discuss insurer-PBMs—since insurer-imposed premiums, deductibles & copays are 50+ greatest cost concerns and PBMs pocket 40%+ on Rx rebates meant for seniors. OR explain why @AARP is paid billions via UnitedHealth. Coincidence? @AARPOklahoma
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No matter the outcome in November, @POTUS must not allow the Biden-era IRA drug price controls to widen in scope. If that happens, "America’s leadership in biotechnology and medical innovation will suffer," and so will seniors' access to medicines. @NRO
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“MFN pricing could slow down the development of new treatments and cures.” Fewer breakthroughs mean fewer options for seniors. Why sacrifice future life-changing treatments for MFN “savings” that fall short? Not a favorable deal for patients. @rc_markets realclearmarkets.com/article…
.@RepBenCline is right. "As China pursues global leadership in biotechnology, the U.S. must strengthen the policies that have made America the world’s innovation leader." This means abandoning price controls and pursuing options that increase competition.
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.@AARP may promise to improve health care affordability, but today they collect $$ BILLIONS from @UHC. If @AARPAdvocates for seniors, they should vocally push for insurer-PBM reform. Otherwise, it seems their “advocacy” comes with a conflict of interest. @PatriciaGBarnes
Learn more about how AARP advocates for older Americans to have the health care they need: spr.ly/6016BGvfB0
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This is ridiculous. AARP makes billions selling United Health insurance.
Big MA insurers like UnitedHealth are raising out-of-pocket costs & "eliminating plans that have broad networks of hospitals and doctors.” Yet @AARP gets billion$ from @UHC—the very insurer shifting more costs onto seniors. Interesting, right? @bobjherman
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.@KXMB & @KXNewsMinot, did @AARP_ND say if AARP is taking on insurers over skyrocketing premiums/deductibles/copays (biggest health cost concern for 55+)? Doubt it! Maybe KXMB should ask if it's b/c @AARP gets paid BILLIONS via UnitedHealth? @kerpen @SenJohnHoeven @SenKevinCramer
Some disclosure from @AARP_ND would be helpful. AARP was recently paid $9 BILLION via UnitedHealth (not a typo). Same company now under criminal investigation @TheJusticeDept over its #Medicare & PBM Rx billing practices, yet AARP is silent. @kerpen @SenJohnHoeven @SenKevinCramer
.@CMS’s new GLOBE model effectively imposes MFN pricing by importing foreign price controls. This threatens American jobs & seniors’ access to lifesaving medicines. Seniors deserve lower Rx costs without sacrificing treatment options.
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MFN price caps don’t come without their baggage. Importing drug price controls from foreign governments leaves seniors with fewer treatment options. DTC sales, competition, and transparency actually lower costs without sacrificing access to critical Rx. realclearhealth.com/articles…
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.@AARP claims expanding Medicare price controls will save billions, but those so-called savings come at the expense of investment in R&D.
Less R&D means fewer groundbreaking treatments reach patients, especially the seniors who need them most.
Price controls cannot achieve what a free market does: more competition, continued medical innovation, and more affordable options. washingtonexaminer.com/op-ed…
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Expanding IRA drug price controls, which @AARP is lobbying Dems for, could have devastating effects on critical R&D. MFP's Tomas Philipson found that increasing price controls could prevent the development of 219 new drugs over a decade. @PatriciaGBarnes
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