- Date
- circa 1974-08
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationgovernancehealthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1974 Beaver Beacon published a Petoskey Social Security Office warning that readers should verify anyone claiming to represent Social Security or Medicare and should not pay for official services or buy insurance from such a person.
Evidence and limits
This is a public-information notice printed for the newspaper’s readership. It does not document an individual Beaver Island fraud complaint, benefit case, or agency investigation.
Sources
- Prints Gordon Sattelmeiere’s warning that readers should request identification from anyone claiming to represent Social Security or Medicare, that representatives do not charge for services or sell insurance, and that questions should be directed to the Petoskey office; it is a public-information notice, not an individual benefit, fraud, or agency case record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page issue scan confirms the published Social Security and Medicare identity warning; it does not add an individual case, investigation, or agency record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Social Security and Medicare identity warning published for Beaver Island readers, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-social-security-medicare-identity-warning-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “About Your Social Security.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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