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Durbin Introduces Bill to Protect Medicare Card Holders from Identity Theft

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation to require the federal government to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications to Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers the Medicare program, has fallen behind most other public and private organizations in recognizing the danger of displaying Social Security numbers. The Social Security Number Protection Act ensures that the Social Security numbers of…

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