For the last several weeks, I've been receiving (literally) dozens of spam calls EVERY day. Because I kept my Arizona phone number when I moved, the calls are almost exclusively from Arizona phone numbers. Further, they are EXCLUSIVELY from what sounds like the same female voice with a minimal amount of background (phone boiler room) noise. On the occasions the AI dialer leaves a voicemail message, it says it's trying to ask me if I have Medicare Parts A and B. Naturally, if they had actually LISTENED to my outgoing message, they would know I have no intention of listening to them.
My outgoing VM message indicates I will not be taking (answering) calls from Arizona until after the Medicare enrollment period passes. By the way, if I recognize the caller's phone number, or if they leave a VM, I listen and respond as I deem appropriate.
I have made some KEY inferences. Most notably, these AI spam calls ostensibly want to help me get appropriate Medicare coverage. Medicare advantage plans get paid out of government funds on a capitation basis, which varies by state. Therefore, whether or not these predatory capitalist enterprises make money (or NOT) is ultimately a simple calculation. Simple but IMO outrageous. Capitation (per capita revenue) minus what they are forced to pay for care (tests and provider visits, medications, etc.) actually provided = profit.
WHY else would they be phoning me DOZENS of times EVERY day?
As an aside, because of the government shutdown, actual (not quite Medicare age) families have reported on the outrageous increases in premiums of which they have already been notified. Of course, ACA premiums are not the same as Medicare advantage plans. But my experience as a Certified Government Financial Manager does lend insight on parallels.
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