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Heddi

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8. the SS is so they can report you to credit agencies

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Thu Mar 23, 2017, 08:23 PM

Mar 2017

if you don't pay your portion of the bill

My understanding (I'm an RN, but don't deal with pt billing issues) is that you can refuse to give your SS#

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My dentist refered me to an oral surgeon [View all] question everything Mar 2017 OP

You may decline to give your SS#. Big Blue Marble Mar 2017 #1

You may still want to claim this as a medical deduction Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #2

SSN shouldn't be necessary to claim a deduction dragonlady Mar 2017 #4

I am also on Medicare with no supplemental Doreen Mar 2017 #3

Is this a Medicare Advantage Plan? marybourg Mar 2017 #5

I am just on plain old Medicare. Doreen Mar 2017 #6

If there is a dental school near you go there gfwzig Mar 2017 #7

the SS is so they can report you to credit agencies Heddi Mar 2017 #8