Get a Package You Didn’t Order? It Could Be Medicare Fraud - A few weeks ago, Patrick Nahass received a package that he never ordered. He had to sign for it when it was delivered to his home. When the retired firefighter opened it, he was confused by the contents. “It’s just straps,” he said. “There’s no instructions or anything.” “I’m thinking this must be a scam or something,” Nahass said. He’s onto something. “There are billions of dollars that Medicare spends every year on Medicare fraud,” Dana Marie Kennedy, the Arizona state director for AARP, told On Your Side. Watch and read more here.

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Medicare Advantage’s ‘Secretive Maze’ Of Costly Marketing & Incentives Needs An Overhaul, Senate Report - The “secretive maze of marketing and enrollment incentives” surrounding Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers extra money and needs an overhaul, according to a new Senate report. The report by Sen. Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, calls for reforms on the marketing practices of Medicare Advantage, or MA, which is the private-plan alternative to traditional Medicare that serves more than half of the Medicare market. Read more.