Medicare Cards are Not Being Replaced

If you're on Medicare, be aware: You will not be receiving a new chip card or a plastic version to update or replace your paper Medicare card. If somebody calls you to tell you that, they're lying. It's another Medicare scam.

This scam is active again in Montana. The caller identifies themselves as Medicare and after confirming your cards' number they will send you a new plastic card. Please be on alert, calls have been reported in multiple counties.

Medicare will never call people on Medicare to ask for or check their Medicare number. This is also the case for other entities such as your Medi...