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SS# asked to receive Covid vaccine

WORKING GAL — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:21:37 GMT

My daughter received her Covid vaccine shot yesterday through University Healthcare System at a San Antonio site. On the app she had to fill out they asked for her SS#. The vaccine is free why would they askfor that? Anyone know or had this happen to them?

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:24:34 GMT

Do they need an SSN to report it to your local Health Dept?

Among other databases?

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:25:42 GMT

I hope she didn't give her SS#....it's none of the states business. DH has had his shot, they did not ask for his social number.

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tucsongal — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:27:37 GMT

If I recall, we had to do that to set up accounts on mychart.com(medical portal) to register for the vaccine. Even though the shots are free, if you have insurance they will bill for them. We had no issues or concerns about the process.

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Shelbelle — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:28:50 GMT

I have heard some vacc sites are asking for it, some are not,ours did not, some are asking just for the last 4 numbers. Ours did ask for ethnicity which I didnt think was necessary.

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millieshops — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:33:43 GMT

It's free to us, but the providers get paid and they need some federally accepted ID. Mine was a Medicare #.

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Miss Pepsi — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:41:42 GMT

nobody asked for mine. They asked for a photo id to prove I lived in Florida because so many that don't live here were coming in to get vaccines but other than that they asked for nothing other than name address and phone number and the regular form you fill out like when you get your flu shot.

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haddon9 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:45:22 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I hope she didn't give her SS#....it's none of the states business. DH has had his shot, they did not ask for his social number.

Agreed! She really doesn't have to give out her SS #.

I'm having oral surgery done and on the many forms of info they asked for my SS# too. I left it blank since they don't need to know and we're told to protect your number always.

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Silver Lining — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:46:51 GMT

Both of my Moderna vaccine shots were through my government employee insurance. We had to complete and sign a short form with the usual health questions and the last four digits of our social security number both times.

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MamaWick — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:53:04 GMT

@WORKING GAL DH and i also received ours through University Health in San Antonio (at Wonderland). They only asked us for the last 4 of our SS number, and that was when we signed up on-line for the first appointment. Oh, and they did not ask for insurance info, which I would have questioned.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:55:54 GMT

I had to give my Medicare number.

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Jaspersmom — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:59:02 GMT

Yes, the vaccine is free, but the government can be reimbursed for the cost of the vaccination. I had to give my social security number (last four digits) here in NY and so did most people I know. Mine had to do with Medicare and my supplemental insurance.

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Jaspersmom — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:00:34 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I hope she didn't give her SS#....it's none of the states business. DH has had his shot, they did not ask for his social number.

So in your state you didn't have to fill out any forms? Did you have to show insurance cards? Just curious.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:09:14 GMT

@Jaspersmom He was asked address, phone number and if he was feeling good that day, as in did he have a cold, feeling sick, etc. That was it.

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DiAnne — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:09:51 GMT

I was asked for my Medicare card and Driver's License - I assume Social Security# would be the same thing for a younger person for identification.

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Bhvbum — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:18:13 GMT

I asked why they needed to have my Social Security number and they said they would be using that for medicare billing and state tracking who has received both doses. There's no better number to use than your Social Security number for that.

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CatsyCline — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:21:56 GMT

Have an appointment for the vaccine at a major northeast grocery store chain. just looked at the consent form and they want Medicare 65+ information including last 4 SSN. i'm not entering that because though i have Medicare, i'm not 65 yet, the fields don't have a red asterisk and i can use my Insurance #.

Every required field is marked with a red asterisk.

i just think its TMI! who the heck knows what database these forms go in! Especially this form it's hosted by Go-Daddy!

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skatting44 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:36:54 GMT

My husband received his from a local hospital as an outpt - he had to register online to set up a patient account which asked for SSN, insurance info ect. Our local health dept and the state of Md directed us to that hospital for the vaccine . Well, my Husband received a billing statement from Medicare that said there was a charge of $78 which was over the amt that Medicare would pay so it was droped down to $ 46.59 . My husnad has not met the yrly deductible as he has been healthy .

All I can figure is this is the administrative fee for administering the vaccine that he was charged, so we don't knowif he's gioing to receive a bill. His private insurance must have paid the remainder .

It sure is not our fault that he needed the vaccine

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september — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:41:03 GMT

The vaccine registration process differs from one state to another. SS info is not asked for where I live.

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Carmie — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:02:29 GMT

I read today that the federal government is keeping a data base of everyone who has been vaccinated...with name, address and other info which could be more invasive depending on which state you're in.

The feds said it is for statical purposes only and the info will never be released to any other agencies.