For millions of Americans, the Medicare card is a vital document that unlocks access to healthcare services, prescriptions, ...

Medicare cards are getting a makeover to fight identity theft. No more Social Security numbers plastered on the card. Next April, Medicare will begin mailing every beneficiary a new card with a unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic confusion created during the annual open enrollment for Medicare — and the lengthy federal government shutdown — will make ...

Have you been wondering when your new Medicare card will show up in the mailbox? Now there's a way to find out! In a move to combat medical identity theft, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Medicare is NOT mailing out new cards made of plastic or metal. Medicare cards don't expire — new ones are never issued unless requested. Medicare or a doctor will never call to ask for Medicare ...

Scammers typically will play into the uncertainty that surrounds Medicare open enrollment season, which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. One new scam starts out on fake U.S. Supreme Court letterhead.