Dr. Oz’s Big Medicare Project Leaked Tons of Social Security Numbers

Dr. Oz’s Big Medicare Project Leaked Tons of Social Security Numbers

The Trump administration exposed the private Social Security numbers of dozens of health care providers while setting up a new Medicare portal.The Washington Post reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is run by Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, made the error while creating a directory last year to help senior citizens find doctors and medical providers that accept certain insurance plans. In the process, the agency ended up using a publicly accessible database that...

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