Mailing error affecting Medicare information in New Brunswick

Some personal medicare information was sent to wrong addresses in New Brunswick.

According to the province of New Brunswick, Medicare information may have recently been sent to wrong addresses, potentially affecting about 365 households.

“Protecting the personal health information of New Brunswickers is of utmost importance,” said Local Government Minister Aaron Kennedy, who is also minister responsible for Service New Brunswick, in a Friday news release. “As soon as we became aware of the issue, we rectified it and have begun work on mitigating the error for those impacted.”

The province says some individuals may have received other people’s Medicare information, along with their own, in the mail.

Anyone affected can expect Medicare to contact them with further information and instructions.

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