What is a social security card and what is its use?

1. What is a social security card and what is its purpose?

1. The full name of the social security card is the Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China. This function is as follows:

(1) basic old-age insurance; In order to support the elderly, workers can receive pensions when they reach the legal retirement age;

(2) Basic medical insurance; Illness is used for medical reimbursement;

(3) industrial injury insurance; Is the employee injured at work, paying medical expenses or compensating related work-related injury benefits;

(4) Unemployment insurance; After the employee loses his job, he receives living expenses;

(5) Maternity insurance; It is a kind of maternity reimbursement and related treatment for employees.

2. Legal basis: Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Second, the difference between social security and five insurances and one gold?

The difference between five insurances and one gold and social security is as follows:

1, with different concepts; Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which refers to five kinds of insurance: endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance. Five insurances and one gold refer to endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and housing accumulation fund;

2, the scope is different; Social insurance only includes five types of insurance, such as endowment insurance, but five insurances and one gold also include housing accumulation fund.