“Meet the New Medicare Card,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor
“Medicare program managers are preparing to begin a massive health insurance card conversion in April. The program will start mailing new identification cards to Medicare enrollees, in an effort to get Social Security numbers off the cards, to give the enrollees a little extra protection against identity theft.”
LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
Click through to this article and see the new Medicare identification card CMS is planning. The redesigned, easy-to-remember ID number should roll right off your tongue about has smoothly as airline confirmation codes do.
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