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2. AARP 1 'AARP, Inc.', formerly the 'American Association of Retired Persons', is a United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. It is a membership organization for people age 50 and over. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

3. AARP 1 AARP operates as a Non-profit organization|non-profit advocate for its members and as one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States. AARP has two affiliated organizations: AARP Services Inc. which is managed wholly for profit, and the AARP Foundation, a charity that operates on a non-profit basis. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

4. AARP 1 AARP also received an additional $120,000,000 for the advertisements placed in its publications.[http://www.aarp.org/aarp/Abo ut_AARP/annual_reports AARP.org] https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

5. AARP 1 The AARP Foundation's website says the nonprofit wants to win back opportunity for those now in crisis, so thousands of vulnerable low-income Americans 50+ can regain their foothold, continue to serve as anchors for their families and communities and ensure that their best life is still within reach. Key areas of focus are hunger, income, housing and isolation. The Foundation's vision is a country that is free of poverty where no older person feels vulnerable. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

6. AARP 1 AARP claims approximately 38 million members, making it one of the largest membership organizations in the United States. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

7. AARP - History 1 Ojai served as national headquarters for AARP from 1958 until the mid-1960s https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

8. AARP - History 1 Possibly as a result of the 60 Minutes report, AARP conducted a lengthy competitive bidding process, and, in 1980, shifted the insurance contracts made available to members to Prudential Financial. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

9. AARP - History 1 84–5, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN 978-0-275-97044-4 though in an interview years later by the Des Moines Register, Senator Simpson remained troubled by AARP's practices, calling AARP the biggest marketing operation in America and money-maker and an organization whose practices are the greatest abuse of American generosity I witnessed in my time in the U.S https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

10. AARP - History 1 The organization was originally named the American Association of Retired Persons, but in 1999 it officially changed its name to AARP (pronounced one letter at a time, ay ay ar pee) to reflect that its focus was no longer American retirees.[http://www.aarp.org/about_aarp/aarp _overview/a2003-01-13-aarphistory.html AARP History] AARP no longer requires that members be retired, but be at least age 50; it does not extend full membership privileges to applicants who are retired but not yet 50. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

11. AARP - Overview 1 AARP and AARP Foundation have a new relationship with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports to increase awareness of hunger in America with the No https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

12. AARP - Overview 1 AARP launched Life Reimagined in May 2013, calling it a “first-of-its-kind series of online and offline experiences that guide people through life transitions by helping them discover new possibilities and connect with a community of people pursuing similar passions and goals.” https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

13. AARP - Overview 1 USA Today called Life Reimagined the latest step for the AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) as it continues to rebrand itself and become the go-to address for feeling good about aging.Jayson, Sharon. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2 013/05/28/aarp-boomers-jobs- coaching/2358551/ “AARP to coach aging Boomers ‘reimagining’ their lives”] USA Today, 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 2013-5- 28. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

14. AARP - AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated 1 AARP Services develops new products, manages and markets products and services, and creates and maintains partnership and sponsorship relationships. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

15. AARP - The AARP Foundation 1 Foundation programs are funded by grants, tax- deductible contributions and AARP. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

16. AARP - AARP Driver Safety 1 In 1979, AARP introduced the nation's first-ever driver safety course geared towards older adults. AARP Driver Safety, which can be completed in a classroom setting or online, teaches defensive driving techniques and provides added information on age-related cognitive and physical changes that affect driving. The course is instructed and promoted by volunteers throughout the US. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

17. AARP - English language 1 *The organization publishes AARP The Magazine (known until 2002 as Modern Maturity), a lifestyle magazine for people 50+. Established in 1958, the magazine is distributed bi-monthly to AARP members. AARP also publishes the AARP Bulletin.AARP Bulletin basic information: subtitled The Newspaper for 50-Plus America; published monthly 10-times per year; receipt of publication requires AARP membership and additional subscription fee. Information from: https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

18. AARP - English language 1 AARP The Magazine and the AARP Bulletin with their approximately 40 Million circulation are by far the two magazines with the highest circulation in the United States. The organization also produces radio and television programs and has a book division. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

19. AARP - English language 1 * The Journal, AARP's International Office releases a policy publication on health and financial security issues facing a global aging population. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

20. AARP - English language 1 * Movies for Grownups, a weekly 2-minute program hosted by AARP the Magazine Entertainment Editor Bill Newcott, is heard on stations nationwide and online at the radioprimetime website. Recent guests have included Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Ron Howard, Alfre Woodard, and Helen Hunt. The Movies for Grownups Awards (www.moviesforgrownups.org) are presented each February in Hollywood. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

21. AARP - English language 1 * My Generation, hosted by Leeza Gibbons, is AARP's lifestyle show featuring nationally known experts covering issues from health and money to relationships and volunteering. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

22. AARP - Spanish language 1 AARP en Español is the Association's bilingual multimedia platform. Offerings include a Spanish language|Spanish- language website, a Spanish-language YouTube channel and informational resources. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

23. AARP - Health care 1 Sharpe, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7656-1672-2 AARP also addressed health care issues in their campaign targeting the 2008 elections with Divided We Fail. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

24. AARP - Divided We Fail 1 January 16, 2007 Nancy LeaMond, executive officer for social impact, said, We want to really get to these candidates and ask for action, answers and accountability on these questions.[http://newsmax.com/archives/ic /2007/3/22/73057.shtml?s=ic AARP Mobilizing to Hound 2008 Candidates] https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

25. AARP - Divided We Fail 1 In November 2007, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) joined the Divided We Fail leadership.[http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_ 35243.html NFIB Joins AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU in Divided We Fail] November 1, 2007 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

26. AARP - Future Champions 1 In February 2007, AARP announced the launch of a new advertising campaign designed to address issues that will impact future generations and showcase the AARP brand. The campaign, called Future Champions, features children talking about the state of health care and financial security. The multigenerational focus is designed to reinforce the AARP's Divided We Fail coalition. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

27. AARP - Health insurance 1 AARP will likely become the largest source of health insurance for Medicare recipients, and AARP estimates the new products will increase its health insurance customers to 14 million by 2014.[http://www.aarp.org/research/press- center/presscurrentnews/aarp_announces _new_healthcare_relationship.html AARP Press Release] accessed 17 April 2007 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

28. AARP - Health insurance 1 AARP is not an insurer and does not pay insurance claims. Instead, AARP allows its name to be used by insurance companies in the sale of insurance products, for which it is paid a commission like an insurance agent.Benjamin Lipson JK Lasser's Choosing the Right Long-term Care Insurance, p. 140, John Wiley Sons, 2002 ISBN 978-0-471-27349-3 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

29. AARP - Health insurance 1 Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in 2008 that the limited benefit insurance plans offered by AARP through UnitedHealth provided inadequate coverage and were marketed deceptively. One plan offered $5,000 for surgery that may cost two or three times that amount. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

30. AARP - Health insurance 1 AARP does a thriving business in marketing branded Medigap policies. As of October 2009, Medical care reform contained a proposal to trim an associated program Medicare Advantage, which was expected to increase demand for Medigap policies. However, as cited above, AARP also brands a Medicare Advantage plan (MedicareComplete), and would also be subject to cuts under health care reform. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

31. AARP - Single payer 1 AARP released a statement explaining to its members why the organization was not supporting H.R https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

32. AARP - Single payer 1 AARP's priorities now are to protect the current programs and implement the Affordable Care Act https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

33. AARP - Single payer 1 Rother also thought that an educational effort on the benefits of single payer would undercut the ACA. AARP has not published any material relating to single- payer health insurance on its website, in its several hundred page policy book, or through its Public Policy Institute. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

34. AARP - Social Security 1 Hazard, Carol.[http://www.timesdispatch.com/busin ess/retirees-highlight-social-security- medicare-at-aarp- meeting/article_de48d747-f58b-56bd- b0b3-af515d15d316.html Retirees highlight Social Security, Medicare at AARP meeting] Richmond Times- Dispatch, Richmond, VA 20 March 2012 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

35. AARP - Social Security 1 AARP declined to join a coalition of about 300 unions, women's groups and liberal advocacy organizations created to fight Social Security benefit cuts https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

36. AARP - Controversy 1 In an editorial column within the Los Angeles Times, critic Dale Van Atta wrote that AARP does unauthorized lobbying for its membership, and lobbies against the best interests of its membership. Van Atta says that by lobbying for the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, AARP leaders betrayed the membership. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

37. AARP - Controversy 1 According to an Annenberg Public Policy Center report, critics have said AARP had a conflict of interest in supporting the Act, because AARP derives income from the sale of health and life insurance policies, by licensing its brand to insurance dealers such as New York Life Insurance Company|New York Life,[http://www.newyorklife.com/cda/0,3254, 13730,00.html AARP Life Insurance Program], retrieved October 31, 2006 and would benefit financially from passage of the legislation. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

38. AARP - Controversy 1 In 2004 BusinessWeek said questions have arisen in the past about whether AARP's commercial interests may conflict with those of its membership, and characterizes many of the funds and insurance policies that AARP markets as providing considerably less benefit than seniors could get on their own. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

39. AARP - Controversy 1 [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/ content/05_11/b3924050_mz011.htm By Raising Its Voice, AARP Raises Questions] BusinessWeek, 14 March 2005, accessed 7 January 2008 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

40. AARP - Controversy 1 Nannis also stated that the AARP gained 400,000 members and that 1.5 million members renewed their memberships within the same period of time. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

41. AARP - Controversy 1 Thomas C. Nelson, Past Ex-Officio / Past COO AARP Foundation AARP respectively, received $1,176,614 salary/compensation from the charity. This is the 5th most money given by any charity to the head of a charity, according to Charity Watch. It includes a separation payment of $682,285. The full amount of Thomas Nelson's compensation was paid by AARP, not AARP Foundation. Despite this, Charity Watch rates AARP a B-.Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report, Volume Number 59, December 2011 https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

42. List of conspiracy theories - HAARP 1 Others believe that the government uses HAARP to send mind-controlling radio waves to humans. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

43. American Association of Retired Persons - AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated 1 AARP Services develops new products, manages and markets products and services, and creates and maintains partnership and sponsorship relationships. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

44. Social Security reform - AARP study 1 The AARP publishes its views on Social Security reform options periodically. It summarized its views on a series of reform options during October 2012.[http://www.aarp.org/work/social- security/info-05-2012/future-of-social- security-proposals.html?cmp=BAC- OUTBRAIN-WORK_8445356_The-Future-of- Social-Security-12-Proposa AARP-The Future of Social Security: 12 Proposals You Should Know About-November 2012] https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

45. AARP The Magazine 1 'AARP The Magazine' is an American bi- monthly magazine, published by AARP, which focuses on aging issues. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

46. AARP The Magazine - History and operations 1 The magazine is sent to every AARP member, and thus is the List of magazines by circulation#United States|largest circulation magazine in the United States; it has held that position since the late 1980s.[http://www.aarpmagazine.org AARP Magazine] The circulation of the magazine was 23,748,475 copies in 2010 where it was 22,407,421 in 2011. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

47. AARP The Magazine - History and operations 1 AARP thus was the largest circulation magazine in the United States until 2010, when the magazine published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, namely, The Watchtower, now has the highest circulation in the world, exceeding 45 million copies, and the second being the Awake! at 44 million. AARP magazine is now the 3rd in the list. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

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