You’ll automatically receive your Medicare card in the mail with your welcome packet if you receive Social Security benefits before you turn 65 years old. If not, you will receive it after you ...

Some Medicare Advantage plans offer a flex card benefit. A flex card is a prepaid debit card that you can use for certain out-of-pocket expenses. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans often offer ...

In an effort to reduce identity theft, about 223,000 Montanans around the state are getting new Medicare cards that don’t have their Social Security numbers printed on the front. The new cards ...

Dear Heloise: Three days ago, a woman called me and asked if I had received my new or updated Medicare card. I said I had not, nor had I heard of such a thing. She said I need a new one because my ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - You may have received a new Medicare card with a new ID number in the mail. On Your Side received a few emails from concerned viewers who thought it was a scam.

I said I had not, nor had I heard of such a thing. She said I need a new one because my old card was now invalid. Then she asked me if my card began with a number followed by a letter of the alphabet.

For the past few years, many of these ads have been about “Medicare Flex Cards,” such as this Facebook ad. Ivette emailed us to ask if advertisements about flex cards are real. Medicare is ...

They might contact you to say they need your Medicare, bank account or credit card number for a “new” Medicare card, officials warned, despite the fact that Medicare cards are sent free.