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Medicare Scams On The Rise During Open Enrollment

  •  Cody Drabble 
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | Sacramento, CA
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Medicare open enrollment starts this month, which means scams targeting the elderly are on the rise.

McGeorge Elder and Health Law Clinic is partnering with Capitol Stage to present "'No' Is A Complete Sentence," a theatrical event to teach the community about financial elder abuse.

Melissa Brown is the director of legal clinics at McGeorge School of Law and a practitioner of elder law. She joins to talk about common risks confronting elderly members of the community.

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Cody Drabble

Former Insight Producer and On-Air Director

Cody Drabble learned to love public radio growing up in San Francisco with KQED on every morning during breakfast. In addition to producing and directing the live broadcast of Insight each morning, he also fills in as guest host for Beth Ruyak.   Read Full Bio 

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