As Medicare Open Enrollment began Oct. 15, officials from the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are warning seniors to watch out for scams targeting them and their personal information.
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services alerted consumers Thursday to an “increasingly common” scam in which victims receive a phone call or text from someone claiming to be from their financial institution.
A Muskegon insurance agent has been charged with fraud and embezzling more than $17,000 of his clients’ money, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced Tuesday.
Most Michigan health insurers extend agreements to provide COVID-19 testing, treatment for free
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FILE - In this July 24, 2020, file photo, healthcare worker Rahaana Smith instructs passengers how to use a nasal swab, at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, in Miami. U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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LANSING, Mich. â Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced Monday that the state has secured agreements from nearly all of the stateâs health insurers to extend commitments to waive out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and treatments.