AARP Bulletin - May 2010

Your AARP ; Where We Stand
By A. Barry Rand, CEO

SENIOR VICE PRESIDEN T, PUBLICATIONS Catherine Ventura-Merkel EDITOR IN CHIEF & SENIOR VP, PUBLICATIONS Hugh Delehanty GROUP PUBLISHER & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Jim Fishman VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLICATION OPERATIONS Traci L. Lucien

Bulletin™

We Are Your Champions

One year ago I became CEO
of AARP. Since then,
my view has certainly
been confirmed: This
organization and its
members are a pow-
erful, positive force in
American life.
I came to AARP
with a perspective
shaped not only by
many years in the
corporate world, but also by my deep roots in the
middle-class experience—as the grandson of a min-
ister, as someone whose mother was a teacher and
whose father worked in the post office.
Because of that experience, I’ve always believed that
if our democracy is to work well for all, the average
citizen needs a champion. I continue to be impressed
with all that AARP does to help the average citizen.
We speak up, in a loud and clear voice, for these citi-
zens. That means policymakers don’t hear only from
the big banks and the large health insurance compa-
nies, the pharmaceutical and utility companies.
We’re the voice of people 50-plus in the halls of
power. Through our state offices, we’ve made a dif-
ference on pocketbook issues—from lowering utility
bills and prescription drug prices to fighting finan-
cial fraud, from making streets safer to expanding
home- and community-based services.
In Washington, we have a long record of accom-
plishment, championing efforts to provide pre-
scription drug coverage for seniors in Medicare; to
defeat the privatization of Social Security; to ap-
prove disbursement of an extra $250 check during
the Great Recession for Social Security recipients;
and finally to extend and improve the quality of
health care.
One aspect of the new health care legislation that
deserves special attention is long-term care. This
is not just a policy matter. For me, it’s a family mat-
ter. I was a caregiver for my father during the last
eight years of his life. Many of our members also
know this challenge. An AARP study reported that
America’s caregivers provided $375 billion worth of
care in 2007. Our country must do more to support
family caregivers.
Now, we’re committed to doing whatever we need
to do to help our members and the public under-
stand what’s in this new law and how it will affect
them. And we will work tirelessly to ensure that the
law is implemented in a timely and equitable way
that ultimately and drastically reduces the growth
of health care costs.

SPEAK UP FOR CITIZENS • COUNTER BIG BUSINESS • HELP CUT DRUG PRICES • OPPOSE EXCESSIVE UTILITY RATE HIKES • FIGHT FINANCIAL FRAUD • PROTEC T SOCIAL SECURITY • FIGHT AGE BIAS • HELP LOVED ONES LIVE AT HOME • EXTEND CAREERS • PROVIDE VOL- UNTEER OPPORTUNITIES • CREATE THE GOOD

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