Can newborns apply for social security?

As the country no longer restricts the second child, many families are thinking about whether they need a second child. In today's society, it takes a lot of money to raise a child. If you choose to have a second child, it will also bring some financial pressure to family loans. Especially when children are sick, they need to spend a lot of money. If they have social security, they can also reimburse some of them. So, can newborns apply for social security cards?

Can a newborn get a social security card?

Newborns can apply for social security cards. As long as you apply for social security, you can get your social security card. It takes more than a month from going through the insurance formalities to getting the newborn medical insurance card. Generally speaking, any newborn born within 12 months can be insured at any time.

Newborns who want to participate in medical insurance must first register for insurance. Newborn social security needs to bring my household registration book, parents' ID cards (two copies) and one-inch photos of the newborn with a white background to the street where the household registration is located or the social security card management service center. "Registration Form of Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Residents" shall be signed and sealed by the handling personnel, and sent to the residents' section of the Municipal Medical Insurance Center to make social security cards and pay medical insurance premiums.

Generally speaking, newborn babies can apply for social security 2 months after birth, and newborns born within 12 months can apply for insurance at any time. Those who go through the insurance formalities within 1 month after entering the household and can provide a copy of their birth certificate and mother's ID card can pay fees from the month of birth and enjoy medical insurance benefits from the day of birth.