How to avoid open enrollment health care scams
SAN ANTONIO โ Open enrollment is a time when many can sign up for vital health care through their employers or the health insurance marketplace. This year, open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, and the Medicare open enrollment runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. One scam the BBB is warning about involves a caller claiming to be a โhealth care benefits advocateโ or a similar title. Beware of dishonest health care brokers who offer โfree health care screenings,โ as this could be a way to weed out less healthy people. If you feel a call is a scam, hang up and visit the health care website yourself or directly call your health care provider.