Already retired people need to get a social security card

Legal analysis: retirees are required to apply for a social security card. If you interrupt your contributions and then renew them, the previous years of contributions will be null and void. In accordance with the provisions of the Implementation Measures for Basic Medical Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents, the insured enjoys the corresponding medical insurance benefits in the next medical insurance year from the payment of contributions. After the end of the contribution period, all urban and rural residents should enroll in the insurance and pay the contributions within the stipulated time, except for newborn babies who can enroll in the insurance at any time and enjoy the medical insurance treatment at any time according to the stipulations, and they will not be able to make up for the contributions after the expiration of the period.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 4 Employers and individuals in the territory of the People's Republic of China shall, in accordance with the law, pay social insurance premiums, and shall have the right to inquire into the records of payment of premiums and individual rights and interests, and to request that social insurance agencies provide social insurance counseling and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits in accordance with the law, and have the right to supervise the payment of contributions for them by their own units.

Article 5: The people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the cause of social insurance into their national economic and social development plans.

The State raises funds for social insurance through multiple channels. The people's governments at or above the county level give necessary financial support to the social insurance cause.

The State supports the social insurance cause through preferential tax policies.