Because you are receiving benefits as a survivor under your deceased spouse. So your medicare card would have your deceased spouse's social security number with the addition of one or two alphanumeric characters after it, such as DC, where D stands for deceased. Although it is your spouse's social security number, in the case of medicare, it is not a social security number, but rather, an identifying number.
Social Security........ Apex :D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dalmer D. Hoskins has written: 'Women and social security: law and policy in five countries' -- subject(s): Employment, Social security, Women
Social Security, devised mostly by Frances Perkins, was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Most notably? Social Security.
The social security act. This act was part of the New Deal by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Martha S Proskauer has written: 'Effects of social security increases on benefits from other programs' -- subject(s): Social security, Public welfare, Pensions 'Title IV-D of the Social Security Act' -- subject(s): Social security, Paternity, Child support
August 14, 1935
The "lowest" social security number (001-01-0001) was the one issued to Grace D. Owen of Concord, New Hampshire the first three digits of social security numbers are used as identifiers for where a person was born
A. D. Thomas has written: 'Welfare law' -- subject(s): Social security, Law and legislation