No, you do not get back the money that was withheld for Social Security or Medicare. Your refund can come from amounts in box 2 or box 17. Once you start working and earning wages, you start paying into the Social Security and Medicare system so that someday when you are old---or disabled---you can get an income from Social Security and healthcare from Medicare. You have those withheld no matter whether you are an infant or 100 years old.
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