What is the social security card for?

Social security cards are used for the following purposes:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital to see a doctor, settle the medical insurance personal account, and buy medicine at the pharmacy;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handling social security affairs such as receiving pension, job-seeking unemployment registration, applying for unemployment insurance, and applying for vocational training;

8. Used for identification.

The social security card processing flow is as follows:

1. First of all, the applicant takes his/her valid ID card to the processing place to get the social security card declaration registration form and fill it out;

2. Submit a copy of personal ID card, photo of certificate and other materials to the social security reporting institution;

3. If the application is successful, after receiving the notice, the applicant must take the original valid identity document to the place where the application is accepted to get a new social security card.

To apply for a social security card, you need the following materials:

1, personal information registration form;

2. The original and photocopy of the residence booklet or ID card of this Municipality;

3. Two one-inch color photos;

4. The agent also needs the original and copy of the agent's ID card.

To sum up, the social security card has six functions, namely, medical settlement, payment and treatment collection, electronic certificate, information recording, self-service inquiry and housing accumulation fund collection.

Legal basis:

Article 23 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

Employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.

Article 24

The state establishes and improves the new rural cooperative medical system. Measures for the administration of the new rural cooperative medical system shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 25

The state establishes and improves the basic medical insurance system for urban residents.

The basic medical insurance for urban residents combines individual contributions with government subsidies.

People who enjoy the minimum living guarantee, disabled people who have lost their ability to work, elderly people and minors over 60 years old in low-income families, etc. , subsidized by the government.