People warned of scam calls about Medicare

The Montana Senior Medicare Patrol is warning people that calls are circulating targeting older Montanans with the callers claiming to represent Medicare.

“Medicare will never call people on Medicare to ask for or check their Medicare number,” Renee Labrie-Shanks, statewide Senior Medicare Patrol program director at Missoula Aging Services, said in a press release. “As with any unsolicited call, do not give personal information over the phone, whether it’s your Medicare number, Social Security number, bank account information, or your full birthday. Scammers are looking for missing pieces of i...