I need to sign up for health insurance tomorrow. I'm going to buy individual coverage from Kaiser. On their form, it asks for an SSN, of course. Well, Kaiser is not a government agency, and is certainly not associated with the Social Security Adminisrtation in any way, so they have no legitimate need for my SSN, and I don't want to give it to them. I'm wondering how best to go about doing this: 1. I could make up an SSN and give it to them. I basically just have to make sure it's one that hasn't been taken, and corresponds to my real birth county, right? 2. I could say that I don't have an SSN. Most people in the world don't have SSNs. Would they then require proof that I'm not a US citizen? Or will they just assign me some kind of policy number? That would be ideal. 3. I could refuse to give it to them, but I think they would probably then refuse to give me coverage. Any thoughts? I have absolutely no health problems that I'm aware of, and I'm not trying to hide any pre-existing condition, and my only medical records are things which say, "he's healthy", so I'm not trying to commit any kind of fraud here, I just want my privacy. Thanks