Employee health insurance is the month of enrollment the following month effective?

If it is the first time to pay the social security, the employee health insurance can be effective in the next month after the payment. That is to say, usually in the month following the month of employee health insurance enrollment, the local government department will confirm whether the participant has paid the basic medical insurance premiums, and if so, it will take effect.

Article 28 of the Social Insurance Law

Medical expenses that are in accordance with the basic medical insurance drug catalog, diagnostic and treatment items, standards of medical service facilities, as well as those for emergency and rescue, shall be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.

Article 29

The portion of the medical expenses of insured persons that should be paid by the basic medical insurance fund shall be settled directly between the social insurance administration organization and the medical institutions and drug business units.

The administrative departments of social insurance and the administrative departments of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses incurred for medical treatment in other places, so as to facilitate the enjoyment of basic medical insurance by insured persons.