What to do if your social security card has not been activated for 6 years

Legal analysis: social security card if not activated, can not be used. How to activate the social security card: participants in the receipt of social security card need to be activated within six months, otherwise the original medical insurance card will limit the use. The following is a list of ways to activate your social security card.

1, the participants need to take their own social security card, the original proof of identity to the corresponding bank branch to activate the social security card, after activation of the health insurance account will be restored to normal.

2. Use the social security card to directly activate the social security function in the designated medical hospital. The first time a participant uses his/her social security card in a designated medical institution, he/she only needs to register for outpatient or inpatient services, and then he/she can directly activate the social security function.

3. When using the social security card for the first time at a designated medical insurance pharmacy, the insured person inserts the original medical insurance card, and then inserts the social security card according to the requirements, then the social security card can be activated.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system for basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., and guarantees the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment, maternity, etc.

This is the first time that the State has established a social insurance system for social insurance.