Do newborns need social security cards?

Legal analysis: Newborns must register for medical insurance first. Newborn guardians need to hold a copy of the newborn household registration book and a one-inch photo of the newborn, fill in the registration form of basic medical insurance for urban residents in the community neighborhood Committee where the household registration is located, and after being signed and sealed by the handling personnel, send the registration form to the residents' section of the municipal medical insurance center to make social security cards and pay medical insurance fees.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 4 Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) shall pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Fifth people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate social insurance into the national economic and social development plan.

The state raises social insurance funds through multiple channels. People's governments at or above the county level shall give necessary financial support to social insurance.

The state supports social insurance through preferential tax policies.