Do rural social security cards need to be activated?

The rural social security card needs to be activated as follows:

1. The insured person needs to bring his social security card and the original identity certificate to the corresponding bank outlet to activate the social security card, and the medical insurance account will return to normal after activation;

2. Use the social security card to directly enable the social security function in the designated medical insurance hospital. When the insured person uses the social security card for the first time in a designated medical institution, he can directly activate the social security function only by handling the outpatient or inpatient registration business normally;

3. When the insured uses the social security card for the first time in the designated medical insurance pharmacy, he inserts the original medical insurance card and then inserts the social security card as required to activate the social security card.

How to use the social security card:

1, go to the designated drugstore to buy medicine. Not all pharmacies in the market support social security card swiping. When purchasing drugs, you can first ask whether you support social security cards. If you support the social security card, you can buy medicine directly at the pharmacy and then pay with the balance in the social security card. Pharmacies that usually support social security cards buy drugs at relatively high prices;

2. Go to the designated hospital for medical treatment. For example, the new rural cooperative medical system can be located in local village health centers or local health centers. Pay the social security card to the staff, and then automatically deduct the fees in the social security card to complete the payment.

To sum up, the medical insurance card is activated because it cannot be used normally without activation. And the medical insurance card will be activated as soon as possible after it is issued. If the medical insurance card is not activated for a long time, the use of the medical insurance account in it is likely to be restricted, which will also affect the pension after retirement.

Legal basis:

Fifteenth notice on printing and distributing the measures for the administration of social security cards of the people's Republic of China

Human resources and social security departments at all levels should protect cardholders' right to inquire about and handle human resources and social security business, adopt technical means and management measures to protect cardholders' personal privacy, and use relevant information of social security cards according to law to ensure the safety of social security cards. Sixteenth provincial, municipal human resources and social security departments that are allowed to issue social security cards shall formulate clear rules for the application and management of social security cards, and announce them to the public through express service places and publicity on government websites. The social security card application management program shall include the following contents:

(a) the function and purpose of the social security card;

(two) the issuance, application conditions and application procedures of social security cards;

(three) the scope of use of social security cards (including use restrictions), the use period and the use method;

(four) the procedures for reporting the loss and reissue the social security card after it is damaged or lost;

(five) the rights and obligations of the card issuer, the cardholder and other relevant parties.