President Obama has signed a bill that provides $320 million in funding to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare beneficiary ID cards. The move comes after several years of recommendations for such a move by government watchdog agencies. The bill calls for the change in the cards to be made no later than four years after the bill was enacted. Privacy and security experts say the bill is a big step in the right direction to fight fraud. With increasingly sophisticated thieves, identity thieves are becoming increasingly sophisticated, experts say.”]
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