My new Medicare card arrived today!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. My social security card states very clearly it is not to be used for identification.

So I will never show it to any entity that wants to see it.

The new card says nothing about not laminating it, nor does my original SS card. Laminating is different from transparent tape, which can discolor over time.

I went out right after posting and it's laminated already. Plus I made a couple of photocopies, so I'll have those to fall back upon if I need to.

Were you born in Pennsylvania? I know that state issued something along the lines of a birth certificate ID card which everyone in the state of Pennsylvania always accepted. It was only when they went to work in another state, or wanted to get a passport that they discovered that the card wasn't good anywhere else.