9.4.18 New Medicare cards; Free flights scam; Net neutrality

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

New Medicare cards are arriving in mailboxes, but scammers are coming out of the woodwork at the same time; Have you seen this scam? Offers for free flights from Delta and other airlines are making their way around the internet...and they look insanely real; Net neutrality is making a comeback thanks to California - but this law could impact all Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Great to have you here on the Clark Howard Show where it's all about you and that quality
0:10.7	yours.
0:11.7	I want you to learn ideas to me so you can keep more of what you make.
0:16.8	Coming up in just a little while, a scam that seems incredibly real, offering you free
0:24.9	travel.
0:25.9	It's making the rounds.
0:27.9	I'm going to tell you what to look out for so you don't get scammed.
0:32.2	And later, the fight about net neutrality continues.
0:38.4	And this is a serious fight about your and my freedom of speech.
0:45.3	If you're not aware, the feds have said that cable companies and telephone companies
0:52.0	are free to put up toll bridges and decide even what information you're allowed to see,
0:58.4	what websites you're allowed to visit.
1:01.9	State of California says not so quick.
1:05.6	They passed a tough neutrality law that will require that you be able to go wherever
1:12.0	you want to on the internet.
1:14.4	I'm going to fill you in on that battle royale later.
1:19.5	I want to talk to you about something that is an important warning for you.
1:25.3	If you have any family members who are 65 or older or you are yourself, this is a rip-off
1:33.5	alert to protect you.
1:36.3	This is a Clark Howard rip-off alert.
1:45.2	So there's, believe it or not, 60 million Americans that are on the Medicare program.
1:53.9	The Medicare program is doing something, I think it's 15 years after the federal government
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