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Social security number as Medicare ID is a security risk to seniors

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Re: “Medical identity theft a fast-growing danger,” Tuesday Business story.

How can the older person expect to have any privacy at all in the medical community when your Medicare ID is your social security number? If my spouse did not contribute to Medicare, then she uses my Medicare/social security number! I am expected to hand that card to every front-desk assistant at every medical facility, and they promptly make a copy of it.

This is a major problem with trying to keep one’s … [visit site to read more]


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