The Social Security Administration abruptly canceled contracts that allowed new parents in the state to sign up their babies for Social Security numbers at the hospital, but on Friday reinstated those contracts.
Colorado here. Offspring spawned a few years ago. We had a social security number before Mom was discharged. Offspring was born super early, and her low birth weight entitled her to receive social security benefits while in NICU. While that amount was super low, it also made her qualify automatically for Medicaid, which was awesome because they paid her deductible from my work’s insurance.
They also submitted information for the birth certificate to what used to be tri-county health department (which has since been split up) but we had to go to their office to pick it up.
Colorado here. Offspring spawned a few years ago. We had a social security number before Mom was discharged. Offspring was born super early, and her low birth weight entitled her to receive social security benefits while in NICU. While that amount was super low, it also made her qualify automatically for Medicaid, which was awesome because they paid her deductible from my work’s insurance.
They also submitted information for the birth certificate to what used to be tri-county health department (which has since been split up) but we had to go to their office to pick it up.
I was issued an early SS number.
Guess what? It started with 950.
Guess what else? SS numbers can’t start with a 9…