One of the scariest feelings in the world is reaching for your wallet and not finding it where it’s supposed to be. You start asking yourself all sorts of alarming questions: Is it possible you left your home without it? Dropped it somewhere? Did someone steal it from you?
And then more panic ensues when you start thinking of all the valuable things you usually keep in your wallet that can be used against you and, consequently, your finances.
To make sure you protect yourself from any sort of danger, here are 9 items retirees should eliminate from their wallets immediately. Number 9 was really a surprise for me!
5 thoughts on “9 Items Retirees Should Never Keep in Their Wallet”
The new Medicare cards do not have SS# anymore.
Hello, thanks for the information, long time ago I dropped my Medicare card still with my social security number, obviously I got a new one, but I am still at risk ?
Research shows that once a person relies on electronic currency they increase their spending habits significantly. For sticking to a budget, and putting something away in savings, use of cash is the best policy. You will not spend more than you had planned if you bring along the appropriate amount of cash plus only a “little” extra, and vow to keep the credit cards for emergencies. There is also the aspect of the tangible quality of cash that has a much greater impression on the spender who is trying to be thrifty, as many seniors should be, compared to the ease with which a consumer can rack-up debt with electronic currency or credit cards.
The new Medicare cards do NOT have SSNs on them.
It is easy to ask your bank to remove your address from your personal checks.
Who in the world would carry a birth certificate around?? Or a Social Security card–haven’t we memorized those numbers by now??
I never carry ANY of the things that were advised against carrying in this article.
Cash is Freedom. Most independent Latino businesses only transact in cash.