Insurance Agents Impersonating SSA Employees

The massive confusion surrounding the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit and the strong desire by insurance companies to grab as much of the market as possible as quickly as possible is leading to serious abuses. Robert Pear of the New York Times reports that there have been "complaints that some insurance agents identified themselves as working for the Social Security Administration or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services." Insurers' Tactics in Marketing Drug Plan Draw Complaints