Do I need a social security card for hospitalization?

The medical insurance card and the social security card are the same card, so you only need to carry the social security card when you are hospitalized in the hospital. If the expenses incurred in hospitalization meet the medical insurance standards, they shall be reimbursed by the medical insurance in social security.

First, the role of social security card:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital to see a doctor, settle the medical insurance personal account, and buy medicine at the pharmacy;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, registering for job hunting and unemployment, applying for unemployment insurance benefits, and vocational training.

If the social security card is lost, you need to go to the county-level social security center in the insured area to go through the formalities of replacement. The unit should also provide the medical insurance manual (blueprint) of the insured, and the county social security center will update the information in the social security card for them simultaneously. After receiving the social security card, the insured person can go to the designated medical institution for medical treatment and make real-time settlement. But before that, if there are medical expenses paid in full by individuals, manual reimbursement procedures should be handled in advance. Insured persons should take the initiative to show the newly developed social security card certificate when they apply for a replacement social security card and go to designated medical institutions for medical treatment.

Second, the social security card function:

1. Basic information such as the cardholder's name, gender, citizenship number, and the cardholder's personal status (employment, unemployment, retirement, etc.) are recorded on the social security card face and card. ) marked in the card, you can record the cardholder's social insurance payment, pension insurance personal account information, medical insurance personal account information, professional qualifications and skills, working experience, work-related injuries and occupational diseases. Social security card is the electronic certificate for workers to work in the field of labor security. Cardholders can use their cards to seek medical treatment and settle medical insurance personal accounts; You can handle endowment insurance affairs with your card; You can apply to the relevant departments for job registration and unemployment registration, unemployment insurance and employment training; You can apply for labor ability appraisal with your card and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits. In addition, the social security card is the key for workers to open the door to the contact system. With this key, cardholders can query information online and handle related labor and social security affairs online in the future.

2. The social security card is being implemented, and the work of expanding the application field of social security card is being deployed. To this end, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Notice on Loading Financial Functions into Social Security Cards. The social security card loaded with financial functions not only has the functions of information recording, information inquiry and business handling, but also can be used as a bank card with financial functions such as cash deposit, withdrawal, transfer and consumption. In order to promote financial services to people's livelihood and facilitate people to enjoy social security benefits and financial services.

3. The financial application of social security card with financial function is RMB debit application, and the credit function is not supported for the time being. The card medium of this card is generally a contact chip card, but there are also social security cards with contact+non-contact dual-interface cards issued by banks. The social security card temporarily transits in the form of a chip and a hidden magnetic stripe composite card. The chip should include human resources, social security applications and financial applications at the same time. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law. From then on, the social security card will join the financial function and be unified throughout the country.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.

Twenty-ninth medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by the social insurance agency, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.

Thirtieth the following medical expenses are not included in the basic medical insurance fund payment scope:

(a) shall be paid by the industrial injury insurance fund;

(2) It shall be borne by a third party;

(3) borne by public health;

(4) Go abroad for medical treatment.

Medical expenses that should be borne by a third party according to law. If the third party is unable to pay or cannot determine the third party, the basic medical insurance fund will pay in advance. After the basic medical insurance fund pays in advance, it has the right to recover from the third party.

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.