Medicaid, Medicare text scam scares hundreds during federal government shutdown

Hundreds of Medicaid and Medicare recipients have been alarmed by a text message scam, according to health care provider EPIC Health. Watch video report below:Medicaid, Medicare text scam scares hundreds during federal government shutdownSarah Lattimore, a Medicaid recipient, said she received one of those text messages on Thursday. Instead, Lattimore made the wise choice to call her health care provider, EPIC Health. She learned it was a scam, and at least 200 other EPIC Health patients received similar text messages from scammers exploiting the federal government shutdown as a way to scare Medicaid and Medicare recipients. WXYZ"Today, we saw a huge drop off in the number of our scheduled patients," said Dr. David Wash, supervising physician at EPIC Health.