News For: Blue Cross Social Security NumberShe's too ill to work but wants to pay off credit card debt Dear Liz: I need help. I'm a 42-year-old woman with serious medical problems and $5,000 in credit card debt. My only income right now is $668.25 a month in Supplemental Security Income. My daughter recently turned 18, which means we lost her Social Security allowance of $720 a month. I recently had to apply for food stamps. I was in a debt consolidation program to pay off my credit card debt, ... Protect that number or lose your identity For those who are tuning in late, last week we observed that medical records offices must love that guy who gives out his Social Security number to advertise his identity-protection service. Medicare rules help make Social Security number less secure A number so to speak of you responded to last week's column about asking medical offices to use something other than your Social Security number for record-keeping. |


