Member Education & Consumer Tips

Medicare Fraud

As many seniors know, the Medicare prescriptions drug program that took effect on January 1 is confusing. Fraudsters are taking advantage of this confusion by selling phony plans or posing as insurers selling Medicare drug benefits.

No legitimate Medicare prescription drug plan will send salespeople to your door uninvited.

No legitimate Medicare prescription drug plan will send salespeople to your door uninvited. Likewise, participating insurers are prohibited from asking for personal information as part of their marketing.

Insurers may ask for your Social Security number only when you're actually enrolling in their plan - but they'll only need credit car or bank account number is you're signing up for automatic payments.

Should you have additional questions, please contact our Member Service Center at (800) 479-7928.