Thousands of American seniors are tearing up their AARP cards and canceling their memberships. Good for them! But is there an alternative to AARP?
I never gave it much thought since I’m quite a few years away from retirement. But hearing about AARP members giving up on the AARP made me curious. I found the ASA, or American Seniors Association, on line. I checked out their web site and they say they are the conservative alternative to the AARP. Their website says that if you send in your torn up AARP membership card you get your second year of ASA membership for free.
They certainly can’t be worse. Who does the AARP represent? Their members or the democrat party? It’s hard to believe that millions of American seniors want to see their membership fees used to fund liberal candidates and advocate liberal policies.
Update: Reader informed me the link to American Seniors was broken. Now it’s fixed. Thanks, George.
Tags: AARP, alternative, American Seniors, ASA
Thanks for this. I’m forwarding this info to a few people I know.
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My husband has a prescription suppliment with AARP.
Do you have a prescription suppliment plan with out the donut hole?
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You’ll have to go to their website and find out. I think I saw something about prescriptions.
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had destroyed my AARP card some time ago when I concluded they were very liberal. I had sent my renewal back with a message to that effect.
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I ditched these guys YEARS ago, fortunately the Internet has enough easy money to pick up the slack from government programs that don’t fix anything anyway.
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I refused to renew my membership this year after I received their magazines last year and saw everything was slanted toward the liberals.Now that they are promoting OBAMACARE I know I did the right thing.
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I quit them after one year when they endorsed Al Gore and gave his campaign a ton of money. I have since convinced my wife to drop them too.
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Please feel welcome to share your opinions on this Facebook group promoting alternatives to AARP.
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I am forwarding this site to all my family and friends. Together we can make a difference.
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What is our best alternative to AARP Medicare supplement?
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I am seeking an alternative to AARP supplemental health insurance. How can I get information about your Medicare supplemental insurance. Your website give no specifics.
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I distroyed mine and my husbands card and sent aarp several
letters to notify them that I will never renew my membership with such a slimmy group. They are wolves in sheeps clothing. What has happen to Americans with this group is the same as what Washington has done to America!
We need to clean the slate at the top and start over with
God loving,family orintated,non fearful,hard working,take
no B—S—. REAL AMERICANS COME OUT!!!!
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American Seniors
http://www.americanseniors.com
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Thanks.
No more aarp for me, I just bought my medicare supplement from American Seniors at http://www.americanseniors.com
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It’s not so much that AARP is Liberal or Conservative but that they are now an insurance company with everything to gain from passage of the Health Care Bill. They have NOT represented us, we the People, for a long long time.
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I would like to find out about insurance for 1RV’s,1Auto,2trucks,
and home.what coverage is offerd. if compedibal I will depart
George Sorows liberal bull.
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No, No, No…the best alternative is the Senior Citizens Bureau. They actually help their members. Their site is at: http://www.seniorcitizensbureau.com. American Seniors sells stuff, looks like…
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You folks need to understand. All these organizations are after one thing and that’s those monthly recurring payments. It’s the goal of many companies. They all fight for that monthly payment from your checking account. They’re no different from all those scammy “free” credit report websites that want that $4.95 a month from a few million subscribers when you could actually get the same thing for free.
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I e-mailed AARP and requested they cancel my membership and refund my dues since I did not feel that they represented the best interest of seniors. I was also getting tired of reading that piece of fluff magazine of theirs which is has all those “inspiring” stories about the Hollywood crowd and various left leaning folks. The corker was their support of Obamacare which guts my Medicare Advantage so that they can sell me their gap coverage. Sweet deal for AARP. Bad deal for seniors. I will eat dirt and die before I buy it from them.
They did have the courtesy of sending me a prorated refund.
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I called AARP to cancel our membership as well, they told me it would be refunded back to my credit card in 30 days. 30 days came and went and no refund so I called again, they told me they did refund and gave me the CC number which was a cancelled card, cancelled a year prior due to fraud. I told them this, the woman’s reply was “we refunded, not our problem if the card is no good anymore that’s your problem ! So basically they never refunded the balance of my 2 years on the 3 year membership paid a year prior.
As for they are getting no benefits from the health care bill if passed posted back in november 09… OH YES THEY DO if anything goes through.. a big juicy package worth close to a billion dollars. Nothing is done in politics for free and they cashed in big time.. I hope the bill stays dead, their membership is down and they never see a penny of that money.
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My sister lives in concret washington,She has been with aarp,but she is not happy with there auto insurance.And her subdized medecal.I would like to get information to her about your magzine,a phone number,THANK You,I would like info.to i’am stoping my aarp magzine,because they are going more Government/Oriented not happy.
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was wondering if there is an alternative magazine for AARP? we cancelled our subscription, looking for conservative alternative.
THX
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Thanks for the Information
My cost kept going up, so I switched medicare supplements plan.
I went through National Medicare Supplements Insurance at:
http://nationalmedicaresupplements.com
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