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Objective: To determine the status of corrective actions the Social Security Administration had taken to address our recommendation regarding removal of Social Security numbers from Medicare cards, resulting from our January 2006 report, Hospitals’ Use and Protection of Social Security Numbers.
SSA Office of the Inspector General
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