Have you ever wondered why AARP, an organization that supposedly advocates for seniors, so vocally supported the government-run health care program we know and hate as ObamaCare? Here’s your answer. Money talks louder than old people.

It turns out membership dues total just 17% of AARP’s income. As of 2009, a full 46% of the organization’s income comes from royalty payments from for-profit companies. Companies like insurance companies, which benefit from enrollments in Medicare gap insurance. AARP gets royalties from those companies in exchange for driving members to them.

So guess what happens when senior citizens lose their Medicare Advantage plans? That’s right, they go looking for another provider. And what do you know, AARP is the country’s largest provider of Medigap plans. Millions of senior citizens will end up enrolling in plans from which AARP benefits financially.

Over the next 10 years alone, AARP could reap more than $1 billion from such royalty payments. Senior citizens will be screwed, but hey — they’re getting old anyway. You know what doesn’t get old? Green backs, which AARP enjoys having in its bank accounts.

So basically AARP backed a plan that will be disastrous for seniors. And why? Because AARP will benefit financially when those seniors lose their Medicare Advantage plan and need to enroll with a new plan, which AARP will be more than happy to provide them — for a sizeable fee.

AARP: Throwing Senior Citizens Under the Bus for Money Since 2009.