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    Spikey626
    | 2 replies
    I’ve been getting multiple recorded calls all from different phone numbers about new Medicare rules and changing plans! It asks if you want to be connected to a licensed agent ! Over said yes twice and neither agent knew anything about who’s behind the calls
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    Soikey626
    | 1 reply
    Is anyone else getting these calls? They’re all recorded and using different women’s first names and from different area cides
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    B-Edwards replies to Soikey626
    The numbers are likely spoofed ones. You are not being called by an "agent", the first person is only to qualify you to see if you have money and are stupid enough to be scammed. The bit about Changes to Medicare is a trick. They want to create urgency and to scare you.

    They will not tell you who is behind the calls, for one thing, the "qualifier" doesn't know, and for another, if they told you, you could sue for being called and violating the Do Not Call rules. (I assume you are on the Do Not Call list.)

    The fact that they are using diff numbers and names from around the country is all you need to know the callers are crooks.

    Since you answered the calls, you will be getting many, many more.
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    Ruf
    | 1 reply
    Turn off your voice mail…problem solved.
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    Nimrod replies to Ruf
    Oh, that is such a "perfect solution"!  Well, done!
    Except, of course, if there are others that call and need to leave a voicemail message.  Callers like family, friend, businesses that need to leave informational messages (doctor appointments, delivery reminders, etc.).  But what matter if you inconvenience a number of other people (who will have to call again and again to catch a time when you will answer the phone) when you have thwarted this one single caller and denied them the ability to leave any voicemails (which could have been easily deleted anyway),
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    Ron
    | 1 reply
    I started keeping track on August 1, 2025, I'm getting anywhere from 10 to 20 scam calls everyday, except on the weekends.  I don't normally answer any calls that I do not recognize the number. But if I'm sitting at the computer I will answer the call to play along with them. Usually it's a female voice, and I cannot tell if it's a real person, or a recording. I don't know what they want from me, I've never gotten that far. They transfer the call to a male that does not speak English. Once I start calling him names, not nice names, he speaks crystal clear profanity.
    I know I've heard the same female voice many times, and I've exchanged profanities with the same man quite a few times.
    It's always a different number. I've had just one number repeated, 3 calls in August.

    Most are Medicare calls, and a few about home improvements. The same voices.
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    Ben
    Last year it was easier to get connected with an actual licensed health insurance agent. This year I rarely make it past the second transfer agent at the offshore call center. Last year the ubiquitous "Health Enrollment Center" was still in use by [mostly] Florida based health agents. Next step after the HEC evasion is to wrangle an emailed application form from the HEC, to get the true identity.
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    Cheryl B
    | 1 reply
    If someone said they were calling from Medicare, I would hang up and call the actual Medicare office. Most of these kind of calls talking about missing benefits are either fraud to get your Medicare number or to switch you to an Medicare Advantage plan (Medicare C) which are horrible and make it extremely hard to later go back to Medicare A/B.
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    Nimrod replies to IMac
    Since you have not received any calls related to Medicare, your post is effectively off-topic.
    Further, your post reads more like you are shilling for an AT&T product.  Which is not only off-topic but also against the site's TOS.
    Reporting the post for TOS violation.
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    doug replies to Ron
    try not to pick up and let them go to voice mail.  after a while they will stop calling you so much.
  • -1
    GregAtTheBeach replies to Cheryl B
    You certainly have a point about Medicare Advantage (C) making it hard to go back to A/B, but I have no intention to do so.

    I've happily been with Kaiser Permanente for about 40 years, and the transition to their Advantage plan when I retired was seamless.  I've received terrific care from them since I turned 65 several years ago. No difference in services, with no monthly fee.  Co-pays are minimal (~$15), when there is one.  We've had a few big-ticket issues in the last couple of years, and they cost us next to nothing...or nothing.

    Also, they're non-profit, so their focus is on patient care, not making money for stockholders.

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