Ive asked all of you to join the table instead of two panels because we have a vote that is being called at around 220. So i want to take advantage of going ahead and getting all of your testimony. This hearing is the latest in a series of investigations the committee has conducted on the devastating impact that fraud and scams have on seniors citizens. Over the last two years, weve explored the rise of jamaican lottery scams, tax refund schemes and Social Security and medicare fraud. So today were going to examine a, what is now making a comeback in the scam world, and its called the grandparent or emergency scam. Its quite despicable. It preys on a Senior Citizens willingness to do anything to help a Family Member in trouble. For example, a scammer convinces the victim over the telephone that his or her grandchild, or another relative, is in jail, is in the hospital, or stuck in a foreign country, and needs money to get out of the predicament. Since the beginning of 2012, the federal
On Jan. 29, the Press Herald printed an article that highlighted the unwillingness of military men to disclose their bout with prostate cancer and highlighted the recent reluctance of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (“Defense secretary kept prostate cancer, surgery complications a secret from everyone”). Others in the military cited their fear of affecting their careers […]
More American men are being diagnosed at advanced stages, when it’s more deadly. But it doesn’t have to be that way – step up, inform yourself and talk to your health care provider.
More American men are being diagnosed at advanced stages, when it’s more deadly. But it doesn’t have to be that way – step up, inform yourself and talk to your health care provider.