MACKTEXAS
Well-known Member
I've had a Medicare account online for years. Logging in has been simple, requiring just a user name and password.
After I logged into my account today, I received the automatically generated email below. So, it appears Medicare is lining up to be as strict as Social Security soon about logging in.
I'm just letting you know, in case you visit your Medicare site and haven't set up a secure ID yet. I have a secure ID with Social Security, but have not yet verified to see if the same password from my SS a/c will get me in to Medicare, and I'm not in the mood for that today, so it will have to wait until I'm in the right frame of mind.
This is the email I'm referring to, in unformatted text:
"Next time you visit the Medicare account log in page (if you haven't already), you'll see a new log in page with some new options to access your Medicare information.
You'll see we've partnered with three leading identity verification services — ID.me, CLEAR® and Login.gov — that you can now use to access your Medicare account on Medicare.gov. These services help prevent fraud and ensure you're the only one who can access your information. And these services are all free to use!
If you already use one of these trusted services with another government agency, like the IRS or SocialSecurity, that's great! You can use your existing ID.me,CLEAR® or Login.gov account to log in to your Medicare account.
If you don't have an existing account with one of the three services listed above, visit Medicare.gov/account/login to learn how to create one.
Note: At this time, you can still use your username and password from when you created your Medicare account. Eventually you will only be able to use one of the three new services listed above."
After I logged into my account today, I received the automatically generated email below. So, it appears Medicare is lining up to be as strict as Social Security soon about logging in.
I'm just letting you know, in case you visit your Medicare site and haven't set up a secure ID yet. I have a secure ID with Social Security, but have not yet verified to see if the same password from my SS a/c will get me in to Medicare, and I'm not in the mood for that today, so it will have to wait until I'm in the right frame of mind.
This is the email I'm referring to, in unformatted text:
"Next time you visit the Medicare account log in page (if you haven't already), you'll see a new log in page with some new options to access your Medicare information.
You'll see we've partnered with three leading identity verification services — ID.me, CLEAR® and Login.gov — that you can now use to access your Medicare account on Medicare.gov. These services help prevent fraud and ensure you're the only one who can access your information. And these services are all free to use!
If you already use one of these trusted services with another government agency, like the IRS or SocialSecurity, that's great! You can use your existing ID.me,CLEAR® or Login.gov account to log in to your Medicare account.
If you don't have an existing account with one of the three services listed above, visit Medicare.gov/account/login to learn how to create one.
Note: At this time, you can still use your username and password from when you created your Medicare account. Eventually you will only be able to use one of the three new services listed above."
