This is an example of how identity theft can take place with the new Healthcare sign ups .  We have been informed the navigators have not had criminal background checks completed on them. Their training is 20 to 30 hours, and after that training, they are expected to know the ins and outs of the 1200 page document of the Affordable Care Act.  The Healthcare.gov site is not secure; has not had all the testing done before implementing the sign up pages; and now, your information can be viewed by anyone working there?

Seriously!

Plus the data can be accessed by not only the IRS, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid,  but the navigators themselves.

Whom should you trust? Watch the news clip below.

Remember, The Identity Advocate is here for your needs in providing  education, information,  solutions, and a fully managed identity theft recovery product at a cost of less than a car wash a month. Contact Linda at 310-831-4400 or linda@thedientityadvocate.com

Nearly 284,000 Medicare beneficiaries who have been victims of identity theft are facing difficulties accessing health care services because the federal government has not given them replacement ID cards, according to a report released Wednesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, USA Today reports.

Medicare officials cited cost and the required involvement of multiple agencies as reasons for not replacing the cards, HHS OIG investigators said. According to USA Today, Medicare ID numbers are directly linked to beneficiaries’ Social Security numbers, which the government cannot reissue for the identity theft victims.

Beneficiaries can only report misuse of their Medicare IDs, and the government does not provide updates about the ID theft investigation or amend victims’ records with accurate billing information, factors that prevent patients from easily accessing care, the report says.

Read more: http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2012/10/10/report-cms-not-issuing-new-medicare-id-cards-to-identity-theft-victims.aspx#ixzz29a4YUV6O