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rekees4300
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That would require some common sense so don't get your hopes up. :confused2:
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That would require some common sense so don't get your hopes up. :confused2:
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rekees4300
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The new Medicare cards have been mailed in some states. Here's a map showing progress.
New Medicare Card | Medicare.gov
New Medicare Card | Medicare.gov
mapper
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I received my card couple of months ago, they are wallet size. They are printed on thick paper and do not appear to be very durable. I laminated mine so that it would survive being pulled out of my wallet more than a couple dozen times.
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Are they using the number coding that's NOT tied to one's SS# yet?
I too laminated my most recent card.
I too laminated my most recent card.
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The number is different than my SSN.
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rekees4300
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Hate to sound cynical but IMO this project is a monumental waste of time/money. Somewhere in the Federal bureaucracy there has to be a master file(s) that cross references the new Medicare numbers with the old SSN. It will take hackers about 15 minutes to find/steal that file thus making the new number totally useless in preventing ID theft! :confused2: Thanks to Equifax and many other data breaches, all of our SSNs have already being stolen and are being bought/sold on the Dark Web as we speak.
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But at least it is a start on divorcing the SSN from every record except the one it was supposed to be limited to at the beginning.
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You got the right!
Too little, way too late. Our SS#s are all over the place..........from medical facilities to financial institutions and alike. :confused3:
Just another big waste of our tax money by the bloated government bureaucracy.
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You who are complaining that finally the Govt. is doing something can't have it both ways.
Continuing to use SS#s is no solution. At least they're moving away from that system, and eventually all those whose SS#s are/were on file will be terminated by eventual death.
Progress is glacially slow in Govt., but eventually it catches up. You naysayers have a better solution than just complaining- bring it.:confused2:
Continuing to use SS#s is no solution. At least they're moving away from that system, and eventually all those whose SS#s are/were on file will be terminated by eventual death.
Progress is glacially slow in Govt., but eventually it catches up. You naysayers have a better solution than just complaining- bring it.:confused2:
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Just another big waste of our tax money by the bloated government bureaucracy.
Congress allocated $242 million for the switchover. Based on the normal Federal cost overruns, the taxpayers' tab will likely be at least $500 million!!! That's just the tip of the iceberg, imagine the private healthcare industry costs!