Is Medicare Number Same As SSN? 
Your social security number and the medicare # will be the same except for the alphabetical character added to the medicare number . Why the alphabetical character ? If you are drawing benefits under your social security record -LRB- earnings -RRB- the alphabet character is A . So your social security number would be displayed XXX-XX-XXXXA . What if you are drawing your benefit coverage under your divorced husbands benefit or your husband 's benefit - that al ; habetical character changes to reflect the beneficiary you are drawing your benefit under 