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Collimator

(1,639 posts)
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 05:40 PM Oct 2023

Received email that has sender listed as "BidenHealthcare"

When hovering over the name the link reads "aid@theinsuranceassistance.com". When I searched for "The insurance assistance.com" the website was titled "The Health Insurance Helpers."

Maybe there is nothing illegal or problematic about this company, but I didn't like the use of the President's name in that faux official way. (And yes, I do tend to be suspicious about anything unfamiliar.) I just thought that I would inform this community in case someone else is perplexed as I was.

I'm also hoping that this is the correct sub-forum in which to post this thread. Please accept my apologies if I made the wrong judgement call in this instance.

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Received email that has sender listed as "BidenHealthcare" (Original Post) Collimator Oct 2023 OP
Timely... SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2023 #1
Thank you. I appreciate the head's-up. Glorfindel Oct 2023 #2
Yes open enrollment for Medixare/Medicaid. magicarpet Oct 2023 #3
Check this out. Bold highlights mine. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #4
Thanks for digging a little deeper into this. Collimator Nov 2023 #5

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
1. Timely...
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 05:44 PM
Oct 2023

Open enrollment for Medicare began Sunday. Our household is struggling to get appointments despite insurance coverage. There are not enough doctors and nurses and WAY too many 'for profit' scumbags.

Glorfindel

(9,733 posts)
2. Thank you. I appreciate the head's-up.
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 05:48 PM
Oct 2023

If I receive anything from "Biden Healthcare," I'll just delete it.

magicarpet

(14,167 posts)
3. Yes open enrollment for Medixare/Medicaid.
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 06:10 PM
Oct 2023

Jf someone wants to change coverage or providers the time to switch is October thru December.

The privatized Medicare insurance companies know ghis is the perfect time to trick people to get out of government administered Medicare and hoodwinked them into privatized Medicare. It is called Medicare Advantage Plans.

Thing is they offer you all sorts of incentives to switch such as free dental, free eye glasses, free gym membership, free spending cards, and free OTC goods and toiletries. But when it comes to needing medical care coverage as you get older down the road then they deny medical coverage when you most need it. They refuse to provide your medical needs and just send you home to die because their profits are too important to waste on you.

Be careful before you switch to privatized Medicare and avoid Medicare Advantage Plans.

Wonder Why

(3,238 posts)
4. Check this out. Bold highlights mine.
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 08:45 PM
Oct 2023

Domain Name: theinsuranceassistance.com
Registry Domain ID: 2793559011_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2023-06-26T08:14:21Z
Creation Date: 2023-06-26T08:14:20Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-06-26T08:14:20Z

Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: Milo Zahair
Registrant Organization: VitaLead Marketing Services
Registrant Street: 4023 Kennett Pike
Registrant City: Wilmington
Registrant State/Province: Delaware

Registrant Postal Code: 19807
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4057595253
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:
Registry Admin ID: Not Available From Registry

Admin Postal Code: 19807

Web search turned up no info on Registrant. Site started in June. You can forward message to Godaddy abuse@godaddy.com and complain you were spammed.

WARNING! I did a search on VitaLead Marketing Services and tried to go to their site in a private window. Firefox gave me a big warning message. https://vitaleadmarketingservices.com/

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
5. Thanks for digging a little deeper into this.
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 03:03 PM
Nov 2023

Here it is, a couple weeks later and I just received another weird, totally unrelated email from "aid@theinsuranceassistance.com".

This email lists "Faith-Based Degree Pr. . . (I'm guessing the completed word is "program" ) as the sender. The title reads, "Cultivate your mind without compromising your heart." My immediate thought was, Man, these people do not know me at all.

Oh, well, perhaps I should thank The Insurance Assistance people. After moving that nonsense to the trash, I realized that I hadn't emptied the trash in awhile. Now, that felt extra good.

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