Medical Identity Theft Turns Patients Into Victims

If identity thieves were to disregard your financial accounts and instead target your medical information, your first thought might well be, "Take my medical identity. Please." What nut would want your high cholesterol, trick knee, and family history of Alzheimer's? The answer is simple: one without health insurance who needs surgery or prescription drugs, or someone who sees a medical ID as the open sesame that will allow him or her to collect millions in false medical claims. These thieves don't actually want your medical ailments, of course, but by pretending to be you they can get what they're really after.
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