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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
There is NO need whatsoever to give them your Social Security number unless it is also your medicare number.
Only your bank and employer NEED to have your SS number. I tell anyone else my SS number is 555-55-5555
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I'd like to be true, but I've been contacted on denied medical ins. payments for doctor visits a few times when they had my SSN wrong by one digit...
I do agree with you though, it's insane. Our private info so out there that it takes minor breaches for your info to be in the wrong hands - doctor's office is not exactly as secure as a big company encryption policy..
Hell someone filed my taxes for me last year, I wonder where all that info came from? the doctor's, Target, my bank, my 2 previous employers, all of which had breaches...