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From: floydf@iphase.UUCP (Floyd Ferguson ENG)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Social Security numbers
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Date: 1 Feb 91 23:48:52 GMT
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Reply-To: floydf@iphase.UUCP (Floyd Ferguson ENG)
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An interesting side example is the use of the SSN as the base for
the actual key number. In the state of Texas the Medicare ID used
by Blue Cross / Blue Shield is the SSN with an alpha character
either prepended or appended (right now I can't remember which).

Is this mechanism for deriving a new id from the SSN one of those
loop-holes in the fed-regs restricting the use of the number?
Is this new id considered a SSN anymore?

Incidentally, I have no idea what the implications of a false number
would be.

Floyd Ferguson		uunet!iphase!floydf