President Obama has signed a bill<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114hr2enr/pdf/BILLS-114hr2enr.pdf>
that provides $320 million in funding to remove Social Security numbers from
Medicare beneficiary ID cards within the next four years in an effort to fight
identity theft and fraud.
The law calling for removal of Social Security numbers
from Medicare beneficiary cards comes after several years of recommendations
for such a move by government watchdog agencies, including the Government
Accountability Office.
GAO has repeatedly issued reports in recent years
recommending eliminating Social Security numbers from Medicare cards to help
protect individuals from falling victim to ID theft and fraud, ranging from
healthcare-related fraud to thieves opening credit card accounts using those IDs.
Find the article SSNs to Disappear from Medicare Cards here: http://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/ssns-to-disappear-from-medicare-cards-a-8127?rf=2015-04-22-eh&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonv6rLZKXonjHpfsX57%2BUqXK6g38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YoBSdQ%2FcOedCQkZHblFnVwNS62vRKkNqKYK
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