Consumer Reports helps you avoid scams and fight back against surprise medical bills. It details these common health care cons: medical equipment fraud, medical bills that take you by surprise, medical identity theft, and tests and treatments you don’t need. Click here to read this story.
Your local Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) representative can further educate you on these issues, help determine if something that happened to you might be fraud, and instruct you on where and how to report it. Find your local SMP by clicking here.
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