8 ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. ANY UNEXPECTED CALLS YOU GET ABOUT YOUR MEDICARE CARD ARE A SCAM. THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. THEY ALWAYS WILL BE. OVER THE LAST ...

Your Medicare number, which is different from your Social Security number, is essential for your identification. You can find your Medicare number on your physical Medicare card, through your online ...

Your Medicare number, also known as the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI), is a unique 11-character combination located on your Medicare card. If you don’t have your physical card, you can find ...

In June, Wisconsin consumers contacted Public Investigator with a question: Will my paper Medicare card expire in 2025? The individuals said they received several calls about replacing their paper ...

As luck – dumb luck – would have it, scammers recently tried to trick this ConsumerAffairs reporter into turning over their Social Security number under the guise of offering “the new plastic Medicare ...

ROACH HAS MORE. MEDICARE FRAUD IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS FOR SCAMMERS, ESTIMATED TO COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT $60 BILLION A YEAR. CROOKS GET MEDICARE NUMBERS BY POSING AS MEDICARE REPS ON THE ...

We all put our hard-earned money into our health insurance plans and trust that our information is always being kept private. However, scammers will do everything they can to try to get whatever they ...

My question is: Is there a way to have a different number on one's Medicare card? My concern: After years of locking up my Social Security number, I was amazed to find it is now my Medicare number.

Medicare is a federal health insurance program that pays for covered health care services for most people who are age 65 and older, and for certain younger people with disabilities. More than 63 ...

Q: I just got my Medicare card in the mail, but the letter on the end is different than my husband’s. Is this the way it should be? A: Everyone who has Medicare has a claim number, or a health ...