Saturday, February 1, 2014

Pay no attention to those insurance lobbyists behind the Medicare curtain!

Commentary: 'Grass roots' group says it represents seniors but is really run by health insurers

By Wendell Potter
6:00 am, January 27, 2014 Updated: 5:00 pm, January 28, 2014

If you go to 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, in Washington, D.C. in search of what you’ve been told is the address of a grass roots organization concerned about “cuts” to Medicare, you will likely be surprised what you find there.

You will indeed find an organization that is lobbying hard to keep federal dollars flowing, but it is anything but grass roots.

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