Baby Social Security Number?

Sunshine2121

Hi guys,

I am busy preparing for our upcoming birth and apparently to add our baby to our benefits we need to have her social security number.

Does the hospital provide you with that paperwork on site or do I need to go to the SS office after we get out of the hospital? (Can you tell this is all new for me?)

 

Payne2B2008

They will do it all for you & you will get the card in about two weeks

arajfh

When are you due? I'm due in late July...

Anyway, I think the hospital gives you the appropriate forms to get a SSN. If not, you may need to go to the SS office. You may want to check the rules around adding your LO with your benefits provider. For me, I have 30 days to add the little one to my insurance policy, but it cannot be done before the LO is born.

Hope that helps. 

ariel06

We got the paperwork at the hospital.  Check with your insurance company, but they may let you fill out everything but the SSN as soon as the baby is born. 

Janell's Nest

Hospital gave us everything and even submitted the forms.  We got the card about 2 weeks later, and just notified DH's work about adding him after he was born.  A lot of insurer's won't let you add until they are actually here so I'd just wait and do it when you get home from the hospital.

MrsAshley16

Janell's Nest:

Hospital gave us everything and even submitted the forms.  We got the card about 2 weeks later, and just notified DH's work about adding him after he was born.  A lot of insurer's won't let you add until they are actually here so I'd just wait and do it when you get home from the hospital.

Ditto to this. My hospital filled everything out and submitted it, and the SS card came a couple weeks later. I had all of my insurance papers filled out, then as soon as she was born, I added her name and date of birth and sent it in to get her added. I just added her SSN later, once I actually had it.

madalynnsmommy09

We filled all that out at the hospital and they sent it all in. We called the day we got home and added LO until our medical plan, they just askd we call back with her S.S. number once we got it, they all understaood we wouldn't have it right away.

dionnemd10

we did the paperwork at the hospital with both kids.   they send it in etc.   it took 6-8 weeks for our son.  and hubby is suppose to add him within 30 days to insurance.   luckily they will back date to the date of birth after getting the ssn.    we got a bill from the hospital like 2 days after his ssn came so had to go through some hassle, but it worked out just fine.

preg_amy

They are supposed to.  But make sure you follow up.

Our hospital told us that they did.  But the person who did it put down the wrong date of birth for our son, from what I understand.  He was born late at night, and we talked to her the next day.  Apparently, she put the day that we talked to her as his date of birth.  So something happened where it never got processed and it was a pain in the butt.

That's my understanding of what happened anyway.  So make sure you confirm all the information.