Information about Replacing a Medicare Card: If your Medicare card is lost, stolen or damaged, you can ask for a new one at this website.
What is a Medicare Card?
- The Medicare card looks like the red, white and blue card shown here.
- Your Medicare card is your proof that you have Medicare health insurance.
- You can use this application only to request a Medicare card. If you need a Medicaid card, please contact your state Medicaid office.
What You Should Know
- Your Medicare card will arrive in the mail in about 30 days.
- It will be mailed to the address Social Security has on file for you.
- If you need proof that you have Medicare sooner than 30 days, you also can request a letter which you will receive in about 10 days.
- If you need proof immediately for your doctor or for a prescription, visit your nearest Social Security office.
- For security reasons, there is a 30 minute time limit to complete each page. You will be given notice when you are about to time out and can get more time to finish.
- You can read more about Social Security’s Internet policy here.
If You Have Moved
- If you have moved and have not reported this to us, you will need to report this change to us before we can process your request.
- If you have moved and have reported this to us recently, you will need to contact us before we can process your request.
Block access to your personal information
- If you want to prevent online and automated telephone access to your personal information, you can block access to your personal information.