I have been an AARP member for more than 15 years but I cancelled today. They are being paid to endorse United Healthcare Medicare Advantage insurance plans. United Healthcare has been accused of repeatedly delaying and denying appropriate medical care. The latest issue is United Healthcare is accused of paying nursing homes bonuses to not send residents who have United Healthcare Medicare Advantage insurance plans to the hospital when an emergency arises. United Healthcare calls this APK, admissions per thousand. They penalize nursing homes who send too many people to the hospital and they reward with bonuses nursing homes who keep their hospital admissions or transfers low. This is a disgusting practice. I questioned AARP about this and AARP admitted they are paid to endorse United Healthcare and then they tried to distance themselves from the reputation of United Healthcare. In my opinion AARP is not putting seniors first, they appear to be chasing profits at the expense of seniors.
