The US Government Puts Citizens at Risk For Identity Theft

Is it really any wonder the US Government is the victim of huge hacks? When you get your Medicare card, your identification number is your social security card, printed right on the card, and part of every doctor's records. Who really knows the security standards they hold themselves to. This is a disgrace, as private insurers haven't used social security numbers on their statements in decades, for the most part, and they don't require you to provide them to doctors. Our own government is putting every senior at risk of identity theft. A bill was recently passed that orders HHS to provide cards to new beneficiaries within 4 years, and an additional four years for existing beneficiaries. This is a disgrace. If the government is so far behind on this issue, what does that mean for the future cybersecurity of anything government touches or regulates? Elizabeth Warren should forget the banks and go after HHS.