 TITLE: How to Prevent Medical Identity Theft CONTENT: Monitor Your Information and Stay Protected\n-------------------------------------------\nUnlike financial fraud, which you might detect right away, it can be weeks or months before you realize that someone has used your medical plan. You might receive free credit monitoring if your information is stolen in a data breach, but that's not going to help you get everything fixed—and you can sign up for free credit monitoring on your own anyway.\nAs an added protection, a service like Experian's identity theft and credit protection service includes credit and dark web monitoring to help notify when something is amiss. If someone steals your identity (medical or otherwise), you can receive fraud resolution support and get up to $1 million in identity theft insurance to help cover legal fees and other costs associated with getting your identity and medical records fixed. END