Docs' Social Security Numbers Exposed in Medicare Database
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May 1, 2026
A Medicare tool billed as a tech upgrade instead briefly turned into a data liability. The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration's new online directory, designed to help seniors see which doctors take which insurance plans, was fed by a public database that included health providers' Social Security numbers...
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