Dealing with the invisible 800-pound gorilla: entitlements
Congress needs to make some tough choices to address our large and growing debt but there s a better way to reduce the deficit than by cutting Medicare and Social Security, writes Dave Wilson, the president of AARP Kansas.

Midlands Voices: Beware of AARP s spin on Medicare and entitlement spending
Both political parties, to varying degrees, are beginning to agree that America has a spending problem. But when the rhetoric turns to actual policy, the reality of solving the problem is evident: Nobody wants his own program cut.

Sunday Dialogue: The Old, the Young and Medicare
Readers continue the conversation about cuts in Social Security and Medicare.

AARP supports Medigap-discrimination-ending legislation that doesn t exist yet
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) does support Sen. John Kerry s plan to stop Medigap plan providers from discriminating against seniors with preexisting conditions.