Persistent telemarketing calls about Medicare have become a daily nuisance, bombarding me with about three unsolicited pitches each day. Unlike other product advertisements, these Medicare-related calls seem to dominate my phone’s incoming traffic, completely overshadowing potential solicitations for vehicles or miscellaneous products.

The unsolicited calls from potential home buyers have ceased, leaving me with an uncanny ability to anticipate the caller’s intent before the phone even rings.

Just now, I got another one of those calls. It made me ask myself, “What does that mean?” Someone, somewhere must be planning to make money from the call. Logic says, even if they succeed one out of a hundred calls, someone must be making some real money making those calls. Just how? I mean, to hear their spiel, they are only calling to help me. You and I know that’s a lie. They are making money, and that is their design. If they provide help, it is purely accidental.

That tells me there is a lot of money involved for someone. But who?