WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. AARP Executive Vice President John Rother issued this statement in response to Robert Samuelson’s November 23 syndicated Washington Post column, “Health ‘Reform’ That Burdens Our Young.”
“Pundit, heal thyself.
“In the latest salvo of his intergenerational war, Robert Samuelson defends age-rating, a discriminatory practice used by private insurers in the individual market to cherry-pick only the most profitable consumers by tying premiums to a person’s age.
“As a 63-year-old man with job-based…
