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Author Lynch, Frederick R.

Title One nation under AARP : the fight over medicare, social security, and America's future / Frederick R. Lynch
Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London, England : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 275 pages)
Contents Introduction: not going quietly -- Boomer basics: generation, culture, demographics -- Old age in a new society -- Boomers senior power potential: consensus, convergence or "do your own thing"? -- Crash landing for a self-critical generation -- Not your father's AARP : Bill Novelli builds a new boomer brand -- AARP turns 50: the healthcare reform battle -- You can't always get what you want: me, we, or AARP?
Summary This book provides a fresh and even-handed account of the newly modernized AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)--the 40-million member insurance giant and political lobby that continues to set the national agenda for Medicare and Social Security. Frederick R. Lynch addresses AARP's courtship of 78 million aging baby boomers and the possibility of harnessing what may be the largest ever senior voting bloc to defend threatened cutbacks to Social Security, Medicare, and under-funded pension systems. Based on years of research, interviews with key strategists, and analyses of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-261) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject American Association of Retired Persons
SUBJECT American Association of Retired Persons fast
Subject Senior power -- United States
Older people -- Political activity -- United States
Baby boom generation -- United States
SELF-HELP -- Aging.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
Baby boom generation
Older people -- Political activity
Senior power
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520948907
0520948904