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Released: February 14, 2010

Guard your health insurance card

Source: Jennifer Saranow Schultz, New York Times (Free Registration)

You may want to make sure you know where your health insurance card is.

According to a new study, the 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report, from the research company Javelin Strategy & Research, 7 percent of identity fraud victims this year reported identity thieves stole their health insurance information, up from just 3 percent last year.

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