New Drug Benefit May Bring Fraud ; Deceptive Offers to Medicare Recipients Are Feared As the Prescription Program Begins in the Fall.
Portland Press Herald › July 29, 2005
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Advocates for the elderly are gearing up to fight scam artists and identity thieves who they fear will take advantage of a new Medicare prescription drug program this fall.
Approved private companies will be able to start marketing prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries as of Oct. 1, but among the legitimate solicitations are likely to be many deceptive sales pitches and phone calls seeking to coax personal financial information from unsuspecting people, experts said.See the full content of this document
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New Drug Benefit May Bring Fraud ; Deceptive Offers to Medicare Recipients Are Feared As the Prescription Program Begins in the Fall.
"Just like the fly-by-night outfits that tar your driveway, you can have companies making cold calls to you . . . and your chances of coming up against fraud are high," said Carol Ra...
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