AARP Florida

AARP Florida Names Land O’ Lakes Chapter to Top Honor

The cars we drive are getting smarter. So is AARP’s safe-driver course.

St. Petersburg, Fla. – AARP Florida is partnering with the Tampa Bay Times, Bay News 9 and St. Petersburg College to broadcast a live debate in the general election race to succeed the late Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young.

Expanding access to affordable quality health care and fighting to protect consumers and vulnerable seniors are part of AARP’s legislative focus in 2014, AARP Florida State Director Jeff Johnson announced today.

Identity theft, investment fraud and scams rob millions of Americans of their hard-earned money every year. Research shows that more than $20 billion was stolen from about 13 million victims in 2012, according to the latest Javelin Strategy and Research reports on identity fraud. Older adults tend to be bilked out of about $3 billion every year. With AARP’s Fruad Watch Network, you will learn the tricks of the con trade to better protect yourselves.

“Drive to End Hunger” Meal Packing Event and $75,000 Donation at American Airlines Arena to Deliver 50,000 Meals for Feeding South Florida

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“The Public Service Commission is charged with providing 1) a regulatory process that results in fair and reasonable rates, 2) ensuring that all entities that provide utility service comply with all appropriate requirements and 3) most importantly, appropriate regulatory oversight for consumers. The settlement brought before the Public Service Commission between Duke Energy and several organizations including the Office of Public Counsel and the Florida Retail Federation contains very complex issues, including costs associated with Duke’s botched repair of the Crystal River nuclear plant and the cancellation of the Levy County project. Once again, the Public Service Commission’s decision will likely end with utility customers footing the bill. In this case, the cost will be about $3.2 billion.

On Oct. 1, millions of Floridians will be able to shop for health-care coverage through a new online marketplace as key parts of the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act go into effect. AARP Florida is working to help Floridians 50+ understand how the law will affect them.

August 7, 2013, Miami, FL – Today, AARP launches its 40 Day Pledge website, https://decidecreateshare.org/. The website – an extension of AARP’s Decide.Create.Share.sm initiative – empowers women with valuable information, free resources and interactive tools we can use to spark and complete a comprehensive long-term care plan in just a few steps.