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(48,797 posts) Mon Mar 18, 2024, 04:55 PM Mar 2024

Hey, "Medicare provider" or whoever you were on the phone..

A real agency would send a letter, not call.

There was actually a real person - perhaps an AI - and not calling form Mumbai. I picked up the phone: Am I talking to - mentioned my name?

May I ask who is calling, I asked.

This is from the Medicare Provider.

I just hung up without saying a word.

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Hey, "Medicare provider" or whoever you were on the phone.. (Original Post) question everything Mar 2024 OP

Used to get several of those calls a week, elleng Mar 2024 #1

If I answer... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #2

You are correct gab13by13 Mar 2024 #3

I get calls from my supplemental insurer Yonnie3 Mar 2024 #4

elleng

(136,043 posts)

1. Used to get several of those calls a week,

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Mon Mar 18, 2024, 05:02 PM

Mar 2024

I always hung up, finally they stopped calling.

2naSalit

(92,665 posts)

2. If I answer...

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Mon Mar 18, 2024, 05:10 PM

Mar 2024

When they get to the part that gives them away, I laugh loudly as I hang up. I think a little pang of humiliation is warranted on their part for bothering me.

gab13by13

(25,223 posts)

3. You are correct

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Mon Mar 18, 2024, 06:09 PM

Mar 2024

Medicare will never call on the phone.

Yonnie3

(18,111 posts)

4. I get calls from my supplemental insurer

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Wed Mar 20, 2024, 10:27 AM

Mar 2024

I ignore them and they leave a voicemail for me to call back to talk about my health. These calls are actually from UHC. I answered one yesterday and a robot wanted me to take a five minute survey about my health. I repeated no until it understood.

My position is that I don't discuss my health with an insurer. My health concerns and care are addressed by a team of physicians I know and trust. As a supplement to Medicare they don't have any input to my care, so why do they need additional info about me?

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