Time To Switch Your Medicare plan?    Call me at 719-560-1406 for a FREE review of your Plan Colorado Medicare beneficiaries who have a Medicare Supplement Plan C, F, or F+ should consider changing to a Plan D, G, or G+ between now and June 30, 2021 during a special enrollment period approved by the Colorado Division of Insurance. Medicare beneficiaries on a Medicare Supplement Plan with Plan C, F or F+ may save money by switching plans, according to a recent announcement from the Colorado Gerontological Society (CGS). The plans are not going away completely but many Medicare recipients currently enrolled in them may make the move to another plan, making them expensive for those who stay. What could happen is similar to the premium escalation with beneficiaries who could have purchased a Part D plan in 2006, but who chose to keep their Plan J, rather than to enroll in Medicare Part D. Source:    https://www.9news.com/video/life/senior-source/medicare-is-tryi...

  Scams & Fraud   The scammer enters the card numbers and PINs into a computer program that repeatedly checks the retailer’s website and notifies them when someone buys and loads a compromised card . The crook can then spend or transfer the money on the card , or cash it in , before the buyer or gift recipient has a chance to use it . More than 1 in 3 respondents to the AARP survey said they had given or received a gift card that turned out to have no value on it . Read More HERE...  

 Social Security Phone Scam National “Slam the Scam” Day March 4, 2021   Please join the Social Security Administration for the 2 nd National “Slam the Scam” Day on March 4, 2021!   A National Consumer Protection Week initiative, “Slam the Scam” brings together Federal, state, and local government agencies with nonprofits and the private sector, to warn the public of government imposter phone scams.      FTC received reports totaling over $174 million lost to these scams in 2020. Help us protect your readers or viewers. How You Can Help •       Register for a press teleconference with the Commissioner of Social Security and the Inspector General at 1:00pm on March 3, 2021, by emailing press.office@ssa.gov . Only those associated with recognized online, print, radio, and TV media outlets will be allowed to join this call.   •       Tell your audience about National Consumer P...