Any real benefits to being an AARP member

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I recently reached the half century mark and have been solicited by AARP to join.

I have to assume some of you geezers are members and I'm curious if it's worth the price of admission.
 
Interested too...
AARP been sending me stuff for the past 12 years. I don’t like AARP’s leftist slant but can overlook that if the benefits are worth it :)

Back then I got pissed off on how they knew I am about to reach 50, .gov sharing information with AARP
 
If you like cheap ads on medical "devices", leftist politics and such, go for it.
I have sent all their "stuff" back to them in the enclosed envelope but they don't care, they keep sending it.
I just trash it now.
 
AARP gave up on me a very long time ago. I never responded to any solicitations.

The only benefit I see is access to part B insurance at group rates. I am currently searching alternatives as my medicare enrollment is coming up.
 
My wife used my flyer to join, so I reference my membership# when I send them messages about no-left causes I want them to endorse on my behalf.

Makes me feel a tiny bit better.
 
My wife signed us up for AARP a number of years ago. I would not have due to their leftist, gun-control slant and discreet efforts to kill an ACA provision regarding supplemental health insurance because they sell it themselves.

I've seen no benefit to being a member. I did recently join a more conservative version, AMAC - Association of Mature American Citizens. I haven't been a member long enough to note benefits yet but at $60 for 5 years for both of us, it didn't cost much to try it out.

https://amac.us/

It's worth a look.
 
I recently reached the half century mark and have been solicited by AARP to join.
I have to assume some of you geezers are members and I'm curious if it's worth the price of admission.
Sure, if you want to support socialists that want your grandchildren to be perpetually indebted to The State.
 
Their anti gun viewpoint turned me off years ago. All their junk mail goes in the round file.
I can get some of the same discounts through AAA and Farm Bureau.
 
Which is cheaper?
 
Guilty as charged

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If you like cheap ads on medical "devices", leftist politics and such, go for it.
I have sent all their "stuff" back to them in the enclosed envelope but they don't care, they keep sending it.
I just trash it now.
I used to send back, in their return postage paid envelope, ads for American Rifleman and Shotgun News. They keep sending stuff but no longer include return envelopes. :p
 
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I love their stuff and carefully pour over each and every flyer and membership request they send. What I mean is that I put it under the wood in the Fire Pot and pour lighter fluid over it and put a match to it.... Burns real nice!!
 
the biggest benefit i've used is signing up my friends on their birthdays.
no...i don't pay for their memberships, but i do make sure they get
the mail/email. usually, it's when they hit 30, then again at 35.....
 
I'd rather join the NRA, oh, I'm a life member. Save on car rentals from Hertz,
they call it 'association discount' instead of NRA discount. :)
 
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I recently reached the half century mark and have been solicited by AARP to join.

I have to assume some of you geezers are members and I'm curious if it's worth the price of admission.
I joined the AAMC instead, I'm not supporting a left wing group disguised as a retirement group
 
No. There is no benefit, None.

But there's still time to create the Association of Soggy Snowflake's Society, maybe they have better bennies.
 
With effort looking beyond the political slant of AARP, is there benefit to being a member in regards to enrolling in one of their Medicare Advantage plans? Anyone have real world experience or knowledge if cost are lower or services better compared to other market offerings? I've got to make a decision soon and even with all the tools and information available for comparing plans it's still hard to decide. Minimum out of pocket with a chronic illness is the biggest but not only factor for me. Any insight is much appreciated.
 
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