A partnership between AARP, the top interest group in the United States dedicated to the plight of seniors, is facing growing scrutiny over its partnership with UnitedHealthcare as the healthcare giant faces a growing number of controversies. "AARP now makes over a billion dollars a year in corporate royalties, more than triple what they make in membership dues," American Commitment President Phil Kerpen told Fox News Digital. "The vast majority of those royalties come from the country's largest insurance company, UnitedHealthGroup, via a skim of 5% of the monthly premiums in the AARP-branded UnitedHealth insurance products. AARP's lobbying work always advances the interests of UnitedHealth rather than seniors. Seniors, for instance, overwhelmingly opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, but UnitedHealth loved its price controls and supersized Obamacare subsidies, so AARP went all out for it." AARP began a partnership with UnitedHealth in 1997 where AARP offers its nearly 38 million members UnitedHealth Medicare-related products, with AARP branding in what Forbes reported amounted to a "marketing coup."
