Does everyone have a social security card? What's the use?

First, what is the use of personal social security card in China?

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. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, registering for job hunting and unemployment, applying for unemployment insurance benefits, and vocational training.

8. Used for identification.

Second, social security card.

Those who meet the application conditions can make an appointment by telephone at the application outlets or apply for social security cards (including student ID cards) directly at the street (town) social security card application service outlets. When applying, you need to bring your ID card, household registration book, application form (citizens with collective household registration need to bring the household registration certificate issued by the local police station or police station) and other related materials.

The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card, which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the public by local human resources and social security departments, and used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.

The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law.

By the end of 20 16, the number of social security card holders in China has reached 972 million, and the social security card will basically realize the national one-card system in 20 17.

To sum up, the function of social security card is mainly reflected in that people can directly settle accounts with social security card when they go to the hospital for medical treatment and medicine. In addition, it will be very convenient to have a social security card when handling social security affairs such as pension and work injury. Moreover, the accumulated total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance can be found through social security cards, so it will be more convenient to apply for social security cards in local social security agencies if there is no social security card.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

1. The legal basis of social security is the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which clearly stipulates that the social insurance system established in China includes medical insurance, old-age insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, but the old-age insurance and medical insurance can only be participated by individuals. After establishing labor relations, the company has the obligation to purchase social security for its employees.