officially insured

Rohan got his insurance card in the mail today and given that he has no income, no assets, no retirement account, and no social security number, one could consider it a major achievement.

Actually all babies are automatically covered by the mother's insurance the day they are born for the next 30 days. But it is then the parent's responsibility to get the appropriate paperwork filled out or the appropriate HR department notified to officially add the new dependant and inflate everyone's premiums.