The latest addition to the world of fraud , medical identity theft. You might be wondering what really is " Medical Identity Theft" . It is in simple words , usage of ones health cards by some other person without the knowledge of its real owner. The owner of the card may come to the realization of the fraud only when his service provoder sent him bills for thousands of dollars for some surgeries that he never underwent.
The irony is that most of the fraud are done by family members or close family friends. So the number of cases reported will be very rare. The hospital authorities also didn't check much details once they are provided with health cards , that also is a reason for this fraud to develop.
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