More than a million Medicare recipients across the country may be confused when they find a new benefit card and ID number in ...

On March 5, I received a Medicare.gov newsletter by email, and I am worried that I may have fraud on my Medicare.gov account. I received my current Medicare summary by mail with a Medicare claim from ...

Security experts are sounding the alarm after a new wave of Medicare “verification” scam calls started hitting phones across the country, and this time, the trick feels especially sneaky. Scammers no ...

Your phone rings during dinner with an urgent voicemail: “This is Medicare calling about your overpayment refund.” The caller ID looks official. The message mentions your specific zip code. But hang ...

Beginning in April, Medicare will start a year-long program to replace all current Medicare cards and issue new ID numbers. The new ID number will no longer be a beneficiary’s Social Security number.

Those robo-dialed phone calls keep coming. The ones that start with a tell-tale buzz that means the call is transferring to some call center and a person, or a recording, pitching something: cutting ...

For many older Americans, the phone has become a source of anxiety instead of connection. The calls often start early, around 7 a.m., and don’t let up until dinner. They arrive every few minutes, ...

Americans across the United States will, for the first time, be reissued Medicare ID cards with new ID numbers, according to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and beneficiaries are ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 54-year-old ...