Medicare is not using cards to get personal information

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 05, 2013

~~Question: Do you know who is behind the mailing of a postcard saying “2013 Medicare Update”? Are they crooks or legitimate people? We received the unsolicited postcard that requested our name, birth date and phone number on one side. The other side had the return address: SD Reply Center, PO Box 2528, Rockwall TX 75087-9973. The card stated seniors need to understand how the president’s changes in our health care requirements under the Medicare reform guidelines will affect us. At the bottom of the card it says, “Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.”
Answer: The emphatic warning from Medicare officials: Never give out personal information to someone you don’t know.
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Question: Do you know who is behind the mailing of a postcard saying “2013 Medicare Update”? Are they crooks or legitimate people? We received the unsolicited postcard that requested our name, birth date and phone number on one side. The other side had the return address: SD Reply Center, PO Box 2528, Rockwall TX 75087-9973. The card stated seniors need to understand how the president’s changes in our health care requirements under the Medicare reform guidelines will affect us. At the bottom of the card it says, “Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.”