Can I apply for medical retirement if I have not paid enough social security 15 years?

Legal analysis: No, if it is a special case of illness and the paid endowment insurance does not meet the basic requirements of 15 stipulated by the current law, you can apply to terminate the endowment insurance relationship, return the principal and interest of the endowment insurance account paid by the individual in one lump sum, and let the social security center pay one month's indexed salary according to the payment of 1 year, that is, those who have paid for several years before retirement can receive several months' paid salary.

Legal basis: Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that individuals who have participated in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have accumulated contributions for fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age. Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.