New Medicare cards will be mailed between April 2018 and April 2019.

New Medicare cards in 2018

 Medicare will begin issuing a completely new type of Medicare card this spring.

The new cards will have a new Medicare number format, that is unique to each person, rather than using a Social Security number.

The new number will be a randomly-assigned number called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI).

The MBI will replace the existing Social Security-based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN), both on the cards and in various government and health care systems.

This change will help prevent fraud, fight identify theft and protect private information.

People who are already on Medicare will receive their new card sometime between April 2018 and April 2019, which will be mailed to the address Social Security has on file.

Those on Medicare should make sure their address is up-to-date, or call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 or visit www.myssa.gov to make sure.

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