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Guarding Your Medicare Card

March 7, 2014

What’s in seniors’ wallets? Most likely, a Medicare card that leaves them vulnerable to scams and fraud.

It’s a peculiar anachronism in this era of digital insecurity: Social Security numbers are printed on every Medicare card, and the back of the card instructs seniors to carry it with them at all times. (Medicare’s identification number is called the Health Insurance Claim Number, but your HICN is your Social Security number.)  Read more http://ow.ly/ucVI9

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