Arnold Salinas knows a lot about the person who stole his identity. He’s 5-foot-9, 190 pounds. He pays for pizzas with forged checks, defaulted on a $17,000 car loan and has traveled the country, racking up speeding tickets and thousands...
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Photograph by Reza Estakhrian
Medical identity theft affected an estimated 1.5 million people in the U.S., according to the Ponemon Institute.
How Medical Identity Theft Can Give You a Decade of Headaches
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The average cost per victim of medical ID theft was $22,346 this year, up from $20,663 last year, the survey found.
One Year of Your Life and $100,000: Growing Cost of Medical ID Theft
If your credit card is stolen, it may take a few minutes on the phone with the bank to reverse the fraudulent charges. But if your identity is stolen and used for medical treatment, it could take a year or...
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