New Rules for Medicare Cards on the Horizon
It is official and about time!
Medicare will no longer use your Social Security number on your Medicare card. I have been telling people for years not to
carry their Medicare card unless necessary as it contains your Social Security
number. With feedback from providers and the spike in identity theft, Medicare
has decided that it makes sense to change the current practice.
The change is coming a bit late compared to the rest of the
industry. Private insurance companies no longer use Social Security numbers to
identify card holders, and the federal government has also forbidden the
insurers from using the numbers on insurance cards when medical or drug
benefits are provided by Medicare contracts.
This new change will take time to
implement. Medicare has up to four years to start issuing the new cards, and
four more years to reissue current cards.
Information,
education and product knowledge are the cornerstones of great agents and we
want to be your health insurance agents!
Contact Diane
Woodhead at Woodhead Insurance Services LLC, “Your Independent Health
Insurance Agent” diane@woodheadinsurance.com / www.woodheadinsurance.com
1585 Allouez Ave Suite 2, Green Bay, WI 5431, 920-544-0058 office
“Everyone deserves a great agent and I want to be yours!”
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