More than 1.4 million people have been victimized by medical identity theft.  Victims pay about $20,000 each to resolve their cases, and more than half say they had to pay for medical care they didn’t recieve in order to restore health coverage.  Nearly half of victims also lost health coverage due to fraud, and nearly on-third said their health premiums rose after they were victimized.  Fewer than 10 percent say their incidents were completely resolved.  (Ponemon Institute, 2010)