BOSTON — Senior citizens angry over AARP’s endorsement of the Medicare bill are ripping up or burning their membership cards and flooding the lobbying group’s Internet message board with complaints in what could be the biggest revolt in its ranks since the 1980s.
AARP chief executive William Novelli said Wednesday that between 10,000 and 15,000 members have quit over the bill.
John Rother, policy director at AARP, said the bill was not perfect, but it was a step forward, and the organization will continue to try to improve the law.
AARP endorsed the plan about a week ago as it headed toward congressional approval.
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