If a credit card is used to pay medical bills or purchase pharmaceutical products, ID thieves can gain access to your bank account and/or credit records? Medical records usually contain social security, credit card number and insurance information which can be used to forge insurance ID cards that can be sold to uninsured people in need of expensive medical treatments.
Medical offices and pharmacies have been guilty of careless handling of records and many have been found in public dumps. Don't read your insurance card number out loud to a pharmacist within earshot of other people and be sure to ask how they dispose of trash containing secure information. Check medical statements and if a bill refers to treatment you did not receive, speak to the person in charge of fraud at your insurance company. Report ID theft to police.
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