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Consumer Alert

Medicare fraud prevention: What’s on your statement?

Bridget Small
Some people with Medicare are getting unordered COVID tests in the mail — lots of tests — and Medicare is getting the bill. Others don’t get tests but find charges for tests on their Medicare statements. Frauds like this, along with mistakes and abuse, cost Medicare an estimated $60 billion each year and steal people’s time and energy.
Consumer Alert

The Microsoft Xbox Live settlement: What it means for your child’s privacy

Alvaro Puig
Websites and online services that are directed to, or know they’re collecting information from, children under 13 are required by law to notify the parents directly and get their permission before they collect that child’s information. The FTC says Microsoft’s Xbox Live failed to do so.