FYI: I was just at the social sercurity office to get a new card. They guy told me my

[notdarkyet]

Medicare card, all of them, is being replaced in the next month. Maybe you all already knew, but I didn’t. They are putting new numbers on the card and taking off the SS numbers. Lot of work for all the medical people, but I never understood them using SS numbers.

[Heartstrings]

1. True, new cards to be issued next month....

Social security numbers are not being used.....

[Angry Dragon]

2. makes sense

[IronLionZion]

3. SSN is our national ID number

so they are issuing new numbers for Medicare patients to try to remember? Many will forget.

[IADEMO2004]

4. Late 80's SS#'s were on voter lists at Auditor's Office.

For a few dollars I had every SS # in the county. Glad those days are gone.

[murielm99]

5. My husband and I

each received a letter notifying us about the new card. You should have received a letter from Medicare.

[notdarkyet]

6. I just moved. My mail is all messed up.

[Cha]

15. I haven't gotten one..

Muriel

[RandomAccess]

19. Me either, but someone did tell me they're coming ...

can't remember who.

[Cha]

21. Yeah, thanks, RA

I saw that further down thread.

[trof]

20. me either

[marlakay]

7. Thanks for the heads up

We never got a letter for my husband.

[mainer]

8. I just got my first Medicare card last week.

It has my SSN on it. And I'm enrolling in supplemental insurance using that number. Oy vey, now we have to re-do everything.

[LeftInTX]

9. Probably why it took so long to get the SSN off Medicare

Hopefully the transition won't be an issue.

[calimary]

14. Shit. Me too. I'm gonna have to change it now?

CRAP.

[True Blue American]

17. No,they are sending the cards out.

https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-2017/new-design-medicare-id-cards.html

[calimary]

23. I was about to go have my card laminated so it wouldn't get dog-eared.

I've got another month or so before it matters.

[True Blue American]

18. No, you just get a new card.

If you are getting Supplemental Insurance Check the back of your Medicare book.

It lists different plans for your area and makes finding the best deal easy.

Just check the different plans listed.

[left-of-center2012]

10. Beginning next month ...

The letter I got said they will begin to be mailed out next month
and continue throughout the coming year.

[True Blue American]

16. I had one too. They are being mailed State by state

Ohio after June 27TH.

I tried to find my notice. Will keep checking.

https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-2017/new-design-medicare-id-cards.html

[Lucinda]

11. KNR

[Rebl2]

12. Ive

read and heard that for a while now. I saw advertising on tv last year that they will be replaced. Recently I read they will start issuing them this month and it will take until next April for everyone to receive them. I’ve also heard on local news there are scams already. People are calling folks and saying they are Medicare and need more personal information like your social security # to process your new card. Don’t fall for it. Some even want to charge you to do it. They said of course Medicare will never contact you in this matter.

[Honeycombe8]

13. Maybe because we won't have Social Security in a year.

Just kidding. But not really.

[SergeStorms]

22. SS numbers were never meant to be.....

an identification number, or a source of identification. Corporate America made it so. That's why so many people's SS numbers are stolen, and even sold, to crooks trying to get bogus credit cards, make bogus credit card purchases etc. It's actually illegal to require a SS number for any application for credit, but just try getting credit without one. It's next to impossible.

[True Blue American]

31. Never use your whole number

Most ask for the last 4 Digits.

Almost everything is online now. They ask your name and date of birth. Your record is right there.

[csziggy]

24. I'd heard there were new ones coming out but I expected them in January

I hope they are plastic and a normal size rather than the over sized paper ones that don't fit anywhere!

I'm constantly having to give my doctor's offices new cards to copy, so it doesn't worry me that the Medicare card will be a different one. I've been on the same dental plan for several years - I misplaced my card, ordered a new one and it is all different numbers. Since my husband had given his dentist office the old one, when he took the new one in, we got a check for $54.

Apparently the last visit was denied because of old numbers - but they never sent us a new card until I lost the old one!

[appalachiablue]

25. I'm just glad they're still offering PAPER CARDS. Saw an article that SS & DMV

are both now working on Digital/Record Cards, ready in about 2 years. How handy for folks who don't use digital records or an I-Phone! Not.

[madamesilverspurs]

26. Been on Medicare since '92,

and this is the first I've heard of the change. I really kind of hope they'll inform me one of these days.


.

[True Blue American]

29. Do not worry

Nothing is changing, just new cards.

[Hoyt]

27. Supposedly, your old Medicare card is still good until December, but you can start using new one.

From poster’s — True Blue American — AARP link above.

[True Blue American]

28. Note for those who get a supplemental

Insurance.

You will get a Medicare Advantage carcd from the Insurance company. But you must keep your Medicare card safe.

For those who do not know in many areas you can get an MHO Insurance for Zero a Month.PPO’s can be as low as $70 a month. You need to check the back of your Medicare book to compare.

In the HMO you just need to make sure your Doctors are there. Most are anymore,and the Insurance has improved every year since the beginning of the ACA.

You know,that bill Republicans want to kill?

[Hoyt]

32. I like Medicare Advantage, but lots of folks here think it should be ended.

[True Blue American]

33. No way!

I have checked many. The terms get better every year.

The Insurance company notified me they had adjusted to the ACA and we would get more benifits each year. They have kept that promise.

This year co- pay for Primary Doctor went from $10 to $5. Specialist, 45 to 40, new basic Dental, prescriptions. Hearing Aids, up to $3000. Liability half what those still working pay.

[True Blue American]

30. Yes, nothing is changing.

I belong to AARP. $12 a year. They keep you informed on everything.

Plus, they give many benefits.

[narnian60]

34. Old Medicare card good until

December 2019.

[Hoyt]

35. Even better. Thanks. Patients and providers ought to be able to get it straight in 1.5 years.