A Milwaukee woman received a call from a man claiming to be from Medicare and offering a new Medicare card with a gold chip; when he couldn’t spell her name right, she hung up. Medicare will not call asking for personal information or offering a new card. Read a story and watch a video from WTMJ-TV. Report suspicious calls like this to your local Senior Medicare Patrol.
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