By Catherine Powell
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Identity thieves continue to prey on the public by hijacking their victim's good names for profit. In 2022 alone, ID thieves managed to steal $10.2 billion from 1.4 million Americans according to statistics published by the National Council on Identity Theft Protection. If that isn't bad enough, the council predicts that by 2029 the cost of identity theft protection is expected to skyrocket to $29 billion. While protecting your personal and financial data is vital to keeping you and your family from being victimized by identity thieves, lately there has been an even more insidious form of ID theft that has reared its ugly head: Medical Identity Theft. What's even worse than the financial damage this form of fraud can cause is that it's even easier to commit and harder to prevent.
