Reply #12: What about Boomers? [View All]

[J. Hill]

It's easy to see how AARP could believe Boomers are its future but the article never made a good case for Boomers being the reason for AARP's support for the Medicare bill.

Frankly, I'm not sure there's much to worry about if the article is trying to say the AARP is becoming more conservative because it's courting Boomers and Boomers are more conservative than their parents. Very few Boomers are retired so they don't know what it's like to face the medical difficulties associated with age without decent health insurance. As that becomes clear, I think they'll start to become more like today's seniors.