Do you need to activate your social security card?

Legal analysis: activation is required. The methods of social security card activation are as follows: 1. Participants need to take their social security card and original ID card to the corresponding bank branch to activate the social security card, and after activation, the medical insurance account will be restored to normal. 2. Use the social security card to directly activate the social security function in the designated medical hospitals. When using the social security card for the first time in a designated medical institution, the insured person only needs to register for outpatient or inpatient services, and the social security function can be activated directly.3. When using the social security card for the first time in a designated pharmacy, the insured person inserts his/her original social security card, and then inserts the social security card according to the requirements, and 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 and other social insurance, and guarantees the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society according to the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment, childbirth and other circumstances.