In a nationwide scam, telemarketers contact the elderly, offering up “free” durable medical equipment (DME) that will be “covered by insurance with no cost to you.” But the scam isn’t really free. It costs American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year for unnecessary medical equipment peddled to unsuspecting seniors. And you are paying the cost. Read this story from WTHR.
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