The part of interest groups in dealing with Medicare in any aspect is primarily negative. It all goes back to the initial implementation of Medicare. This changed over time as the interest for the necessities of the elderly changed. Medicare Part D fundamentally altered the interest groups that sustained and struggled with it. The most insightful result was the political depiction of the older generation. There were those groups that developed prior to Medicare that were relatively small in nature. The chief role of those interest groups before 1965 was to minimize coverage to older adults which was an approach to expand government control (Marmor, 1970). The American Association for Retired Persons, better known as AARP, was first created