When can I apply for health insurance for my baby?
Many try to apply for health insurance for a baby who has not yet been born. Kaiser Permanente will not allow applications to be processed for unborn children. You will need to wait until your baby is born and then apply. We recommend applying soon after your child is born. The sooner you apply, the less likely that your infant is to develop a pre-existing health condition that may cause your baby to be denied. Many babies are born healthy and get approved easily when applying for infant health insurance. To get quotes and apply, click Child and Baby Health Insurance.

What if my baby doesn’t have a Social Security Number yet?
When applying for baby health insurance, many applicants do not yet have a Social Security Number for their newborn. The Kaiser Permanente Online Application System (KPAOL) requires that a Social Security Number be entered for all applicants, even newborn babies. If you are applying for health insurance for a newborn baby and the baby does not have a Social Security Number yet, please enter 010-01-0000 in the SSN form fields. An incorrect entry in these fields will cause the data to be rejected and the customer will get stuck in the application.

In the past, we recommended that customers use the following code: 100-10-1000, but we recently were informed that this code no longer works. Please use the code mentioned above.