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AARP Remains Major Obstacle to Fixing Medicare

60 Plus Jim Martin: “Grandma WILL go over the cliff, with an AARP sticker on her wheelchair.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – Congressional physicians are reaching out to the AARP for assistance in solving the looming insolvency of Medicare, and receiving the cold shoulder in return. This prompted a response from 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization, with over 7.1 million supporters.

February 3, 2012 | Read more…

Obama Continues AARP Cover-Up

Ignores pre-existing coverage exemption for liberal seniors group

(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization, responded today to President Obama’s claim this morning at a national prayer breakfast that his health care law covered pre-existing conditions because he wanted to ensure it reflected Christian principles:

February 2, 2012 | Read more…

ObamaCare Contributing to Increased Blindness Among Democrat Politicians

60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin: “Democrats have gone blind, we should help them retire so they can return home and get the care they so desperately need.”

January 25, 2012 | Read more…

Rogue Internet Pharmacies Continue to Poison America’s Seniors

60 Plus Jim Martin: “Congress must take action NOW to keep seniors from taking poison.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors advocacy group, with 7.1 million supporters, issued a statement today on the dangers of counterfeit online pharmacies selling ineffective and often poisonous drugs, and sounding an alarm for Congress to take action and address this issue immediately.

January 19, 2012 | Read more…

White House Opposition to Wyden-Ryan Plan Based on Politics, Not Seniors’ Best Interests

Jim Martin, “Obama, AARP mired in political strategy, could care less about solutions.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – Jim Martin, Chairman of the 60 Plus Association, the nation’s largest conservative seniors advocacy group counting over 7 million supporters, today responded to White House and Congressional Democrat opposition to the historic Wyden-Ryan plan on entitlement reform, named for its sponsors, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI). The plan, hailed from both sides of the aisle, protects the current Medicare system and also offers free-market reforms that offer seniors and future retirees options that will lead to lower costs.

December 16, 2011 | Read more…

Departure of Rationing Czar Berwick Brings Cheers, Early Thanks from America’s Seniors

60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, “The life expectancy of every senior just went up a few ticks.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – Seniors across America have another reason to give thanks as the holiday weekend approaches, with news that Medicare and Medicaid head Donald Berwick will step down December 2nd.  Berwick took the position in July, 2010 courtesy of a recess appointment from President Obama, as even Senate Democrats — at the time holding a 59 seat majority — could not stomach his views in support of rationing medicine to the elderly, and ‘romance’ with the tragic and ailing British medical system.

November 23, 2011 | Read more…

Seniors (but not AARP) Applaud Supreme Court Decision to Hear ObamaCare

“Bureaucrats and politicians in the doctor’s office means only one thing — bad medicine.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) – 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the largest conservative seniors advocacy group in the nation, today reacted to a decision by the United States Supreme Court to hear arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama’s signature legislation on health care.  Currently 26 state attorney generals have signed on to the lawsuit challenging the individual mandate component of the legislation.

November 15, 2011 | Read more…