Your AARP ;
Real crackdown Bills aim to stop the $60 billion lost each year to Medicare fraud.
In recognition of Veterans Day
and to thank military veterans
for their service, the AARP
Driver Safety Program is offering
a free driver safety course to all
military personnel during the
month of November. ; Through
Nov. 30, those who served or
are currently serving in the U.S.
Army, Navy, Marines, National
Guard/Reserves or Coast
Guard, regardless of age, are
eligible. ; Preregistration is
required. For more information,
call 1-888-227-7669 toll-free;
mention the veterans promotion.
Vets Eligible for
Free Driving Course
; WASHINGTON WATCH
Lawmakers Back Bills
To Fight Medicare Fraud
AARP has long advised members to help combat
the $60 billion annual cost of Medicare fraud by
looking out for scam artists and carefully scru-
tinizing Medicare bills. ; Now Congress is try-
ing to expand legislative efforts on this front,
with several bipartisan bills focused on fraud
and building on antifraud measures already
included in the health care law. ; One of the
main proposals is the Medicare Common Access
Card Act, which would establish a pilot program
to develop a Medicare “smart card” to protect
beneficiaries’ information. Currently, Medicare
cards have visible Social Security numbers. The
bill is sponsored by Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and
cosponsored by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.;
DISCOUNTS
Experience Corps—a service project with a track record of building literacy among children in
grades K- 3—has a new name:
AARP Experience Corps. Already
active in 19 cities, the volunteer corps of older adults aims
to expand its reach as an AARP
program. ; Children working with Experience
Corps tutors have shown 60 percent gains in
sounding out words and reading comprehension.
; Almost 70 percent of U.S. children reach the
fourth grade unable to read proficiently and, as
a result, are four times more likely to drop out of
school. To learn more or volunteer, go to aarp.org/
experiencecorps.
; VOLUNTEERING
Building Literacy,
One Child at a Time
; Hearing
care
HearUSA offers
AARP members
savings on hearing
aids and a hearing
care package,
including a variety
of products and
access to a network of providers.
For details, call
1-888-861-3533
toll-free or go to
aarphealthcare
.com/hearing.
; Barbara
Johnson, an
Experience
Corps tutor,
works with a
kindergartner
in Baltimore.
; Footwear
Show your AARP
membership card
at Reebok, Rockport and Ashworth
U. S. outlet stores
to save 25 percent
off the lowest ticketed price of each
item. Call Reebok
at 1-800-843-
4444 for locations.
