Share of Cost, Guard Your Medicare Card
Wednesday, Aug. 23rd 2017 6:24 AM
Health care fraud drives up costs for everyone in the health care system. One way to protect against such fraud is to guard your Medicare number. Fraud schemes often depend on identity thieves getting hold of people’s Medicare numbers, so treat your number as you would a credit card.
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