AARP Orders Investigation of Its Marketing

Following a Senate inquiry that detected evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP and UnitedHealth Group have voluntarily suspended sales of some of their popular health-insurance products and have hired an outside investigator to look into the policies for selected services, reports The New York Times.

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said the marketing of the policies suggested that they offered comprehensive coverage, which he declared misleading. “There’s no basic coverage of high medical costs,” said Mr. Grassley. “The products may leave consumers seriously in debt if they need intensive medical care.”

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