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

[question everything]

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.

[elleng]

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

I always hung up, finally they stopped calling.

[2naSalit]

2. If I answer...

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]

3. You are correct

Medicare will never call on the phone.

[Yonnie3]

4. I get calls from my supplemental insurer

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?