Title: AARP - Wikipedia
Headings: AARP
AARP
Contents
History
Activities
Overview
Board of directors
Affiliates
AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated
AARP Foundation
AARP Driver Safety
AARP publications and broadcasts
English-language
Spanish-language
Senate investigation
Class action lawsuits
AARP Awards
Health care
Health insurance
Single-payer
Social Security
Executive compensation, benefits, and travel
See also
References
External links
Further reading

Content: Possibly as a result of this report, AARP conducted a competitive bidding process, and, in 1980, shifted the insurance contracts available to members to Prudential Financial. In the 1990s, the United States Senate investigated AARP's non-profit status, with Republican Senator Alan K. Simpson, then chairman of the United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, questioning the organization's tax-exempt status in congressional hearings. According to Charles Blahous, the investigations did not reveal sufficient evidence to change the organization's status, though in an interview years later by The Des Moines Register, Senator Simpson remained "troubled by AARP's practices", calling AARP "the biggest marketing operation in America and money-maker" and an organization whose practices are "the greatest abuse of American generosity I witnessed in my time in the U.S. Senate". The organization was originally named the American Association of Retired Persons, but in 1999, it officially changed its name to "AARP" (pronounced one letter at a time, "ay ay ar pee"), to reflect that its focus was no longer American retirees. AARP no longer requires that members be retired, and there are no longer any age restrictions even for a full membership. Activities
Former United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez at AARP's Life@50+ event in 2015
Overview
AARP addresses issues affecting older Americans through lobbying efforts at the state and national governmental level, an activity permitted by its 501 (c) (4) status. The organization says that it is non-partisan and does not support, oppose or give money to any candidates or political parties. The total revenue for 2006 was approximately $1 billion and it spent $23 million on lobbying. Middle-class security has been a major focus for the organization in recent years. AARP also provides extensive consumer information, volunteer opportunities, and events including an annual National Event & Expo.