Medicare: Action Needed to Remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards

Citation

 * Medicare: Action Needed to Remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards (GAO-12-949T) (Aug. 1, 2012).

Overview
This testimony discusses the GAO's review of the options presented by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), for removing Social Security numbers (SSN) from Medicare cards and the agency's cost estimates for these options.