The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be issuing new Medicare cards in the coming weeks and months in an effort to combat identity theft. The new cards will use a randomly assigned number called the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier to replace the Social Security-based numbers currently on cards. We're joined by Marilyn Gregory, she's a Licensed Navigator with The Health Planning Council of SWFL, to find out what this all means for folks on Medicare, and any changes they might encounter going forward.
New Medicare Cards: What do you need to know?
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