My grandma has Medicare and Bluecross for health insurance. Both cards are more than 10+ years old. The Medicare card has the middle initial she uses which is the first letter of her maiden name - V. The Bluecross card has a different initial which is the first letter of her birth middle name - W. Of all the doctors she's been to, today was the first time it was ever noticed. The receptionist kept harping about it and insisted we get it corrected right away. I even overheard her talking to another employee about it. They were making a big deal about it. Is this something that needs to be changed immediately? I don't understand why no one has ever picked up on it before. Thanks
IMHO these are two different policies. Both are correct as they are mothers legal name. I just checked mine and they are different. One has a middle initial. One doesn’t. Not a problem.
One can’t have a supplement without Medicare. Medicare card issued by Social Security.
If there is a change to be made it would have to be the supplement unless the last name changed.
Supplement doesn’t pay unless Medicare pays first.
I’m pretty sure to commit fraud or ID theft one would need more than a different middle initial. Actually seems like that would make it harder. Again IMHO.
That’s all we have here are opinions.
The AARP article is here.
https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2018/medicare-strike-force.html
Get this fixed.
I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to call BCBS and ask if they would change it.
As long as it was paying I wouldn’t be concerned.
I would assume the reason it hasn’t been mentioned before is because it doesn’t matter.