Can a three-year-old child buy social security medical care

1. Social basic medical insurance includes basic medical insurance for employees, basic medical insurance for urban residents and new rural cooperative medical care, covering different groups of people respectively. Minor children can participate in the basic medical insurance for urban residents according to regulations, and employees do not participate.

2. Article 23 of the Social Insurance Law stipulates that employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.

According to the social security law, minor children cannot participate in employee medical insurance.