2007-08-15 18:51:04 · 7 answers · asked by lag_time2 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
Those that pay an annual fee to belong to AARP. Don't you feel it's kind of silly to pay for insurance advertisements in your mailbox?
2007-08-15 19:23:37 · update #1
They are a powerful lobbyist and 30 - 40 years ago they did great things. However, just like everything else they got too powerful and it became more of "what can we do that's best for AARP, like lower the age to 50 so we can get more members" rather than "what can we do that's best for seniors".
The insurance plans are written through regular insurance companies like Hartford, Foremost, and United Health. They are sometimes slightly less expensive (not always) but they're also less comprehensive. What they give up in premium you give up in benefits. Their Medicare plans cost the consumer more in co-pays overall than almost all the competition. It's still you get what you pay for and there are no deals through them.
I'll never join.
2007-08-15 19:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by Zarnev 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Here I thought they were all about selling ad space in their magazines.
They aren't an insurance company, they DO have an agency. I think the over 50 crowd looks at them as a way to get financial advice and big discounts when traveling.
2007-08-16 02:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AARP also offers other benefits to members. My mother belongs to AARP and she gets discounts everywhere which, for someone who travels extensively, can be beneficial. She doesn't get a mailbox full of insurance ads, either.
2007-08-16 00:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by katiesquilts 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AARP is a good organization, being an advocate of the +55 crowd. They sell average products with little or no cost benefit.
Shop around.... but keep your membership.
2007-08-16 01:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by Common Sense 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some existence coverage could be a reliable thought. As for the style it relies upon on precisely what you elect to insure... Are you purely loooking to make advantageous the home is paid off? if so, in all likelihood a term coverage is right (this is a momentary elect) Are you attempting to make advantageous that the achieveable taxes on the disposition of your fee reductions (relies upon on the taxation the place you reside and what style of fee reductions/investments this is) are lined so your loved ones gets all your fee reductions? if so, possibly a existence-time coverage could be greater suitable (i'm assuming your fee reductions are planned to final you into your 80s in case you reside that long and a term coverage could in all likelihood expire in the previous you employ it for this reason) applicable wager, touch a close-by coverage agent on your difficulty as they could be maximum conscious of the taxation regulations on your area and could make a advice from there.
2016-12-13 09:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by melvina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cancelled my membership as they could nver answer my questions.
It is a big joke.
2007-08-15 18:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anything and everything is a business,just that some offer more benefits,so you have to see if you really want what their selling
2007-08-15 18:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋