Showing posts with label Identification Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Identification Cards. Show all posts

Friday, October 26, 2012

An Overhaul of the Medicare Card System?

The Medicare Identification Card, which evidently presents the SSN of the person it belongs to, may be undergoing a change to help prevent identity theft.  However, according to insight from CMS over at USA Today, if the change were to be implemented, it will cost approximately $843 million.

Should we really be spending money, time and resources on such an issue?  Yes, identity theft is a huge problem, but why wasn't this thought of years ago, before the change would cost such a significant sum?