Wading through your health insurance options and plans can be complex, overwhelming, and confusing. Dishonest companies and scammers know this and use it to their advantage. Instead of getting the health insurance coverage you and your family need, you could end up with a so-called “health plan” that covers few if any medical expenses. And it could leave you on the hook for major medical bills. Medicare and health insurance scams are common. Scammers are always looking for new ways to steal your money and your personal information, but they use familiar techniques.

Here are five signs you’re dealing with a health insurance scam:

1. Scammers say they’re from the government and need money or your personal information. Government agencies don’t call people out of the blue to ask them for money or personal information. No one from the government will ask you to verify your Social Security, bank account, or credit card number, and they won’t ask you to wire money or pay by gift card or cryptocurrency.

If you have a question about Medicare or the Health Insurance Marketplace®, contact the government directly:

Medicare: Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
Health Insurance Marketplace®: HealthCare.gov or 1-800-318-2596

Harrisburg, PA. On September 22, MidPenn Legal Services will hold its annual Access to Justice Event at the Hershey Vineyards and Gardens from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The “Access to Justice” event will recognize local justice heroes, who have supported the organization’s mission of providing high quality free legal representation for those who need it the most. We are excited to recognize some of our unsung heroes – volunteers, volunteer attorneys, and partner Law Firms – who have assisted MidPenn in improving the lives of low-income residents in our region.
At the event, we will also launch our Justice and Equity Center co-funded by the GIANT Company. As MidPenn Executive Director, Rhodia Thomas explained, “We are excited to partner with the Giant Company to advance this important initiative which will build our organization’s capacity for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion across our region.”
“The GIANT Company is proud to be the founding partner of Mid Penn’s Justice and Equity Center as we work to cultivate a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community,” said Jennifer Heinzen Krueger, vice president of team experience, The GIANT Company. “Guided by our purpose of connecting families for a better future, we’re passionate about doing all that we can to strengthen the communities we live, work, and play in, to create a better tomorrow for all.”
MidPenn is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal representation, advice and education for low-income residents and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the following 18 counties in Central PA: Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntington, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill and York.
For additional information, please contact Eliz Nestorov, at 717-234-0492, ext. 2215.

Harrisburg, PA -. In July, the Lancaster County Community Foundation awarded $25,000 to MidPenn Legal Services to enable the organization to build its organizational capacity for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. The Lancaster County Community Foundation’s Equity and Inclusion grant will enable MidPenn to train its staff on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion as they continue to work to provide high quality civil legal services on behalf of vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Since 1924, the Lancaster County Community Foundation has worked with people to support various socially relevant causes across Lancaster County. Today, the Foundation stewards more than $200 million dollars in community assets that help support Lancaster each year through grant programs, including initiatives, that respond to emerging community needs.

MidPenn is the largest civil legal aid organization in Central Pennsylvania that provides free legal representation in civil cases, annually serving more than 21,000 low-income residents and survivors of violence. The organization specializes in poverty-related issues, and the attorneys and advocates have developed expertise in the substantive areas of landlord/tenant law, mortgage foreclosure, Social Security, income maintenance, consumer, domestic violence, family law, elder law, and other issues affecting vulnerable and marginalized populations.

For additional information, please contact Eliz Nestorov, at 717-234-0492, ext. 2215.