What's the use of social security cards for newborns?

The function of the social security card for newborns is to participate in the local new rural cooperative medical system, urban residents' medical insurance or urban and rural residents' medical insurance, and can reimburse medical expenses. The social security card for newborns is applied by parents with ID cards, household registration books, student ID cards and other relevant certificates.

Processing flow of social security card for newborns:

1. Parents bring relevant information to the local street or village medical insurance service point to participate in urban residents' social security or the new rural cooperative medical system;

2, the staff audit information is complete, in line with the conditions, can be handled on the spot;

3, the staff will be insured information input system;

4. Parents pay premiums in accordance with relevant regulations;

Usually, the social security card will be completed within one month to two months. It should be noted that there are differences in the process of handling social security cards for newborns in different regions. Please consult the local authorities for details.

The activation process of newborn medical insurance card includes:

1. can be activated by the deposit bank. Generally speaking, medical insurance cards are handled by specialized banks, and so are newborn medical insurance cards. Parents of children can bring their ID card, children's household registration book and medical insurance card to the bank for activation, and the initial password of medical insurance card needs to be changed;

2. You can call to activate, call the social security service hotline, and follow the voice prompts. You can also directly press "0" to turn to manual service, so that the manual customer service can help activate the child's medical insurance card, just provide the child's ID number. However, telephone activation is not supported in some areas, which is subject to the local plan.

3. It can be activated by a designated hospital. Children can also activate the medical insurance card when seeking medical treatment and reimbursing medical expenses in designated hospitals, but only the medical insurance function of the medical insurance card can be activated, but the financial function of the medical insurance card cannot be activated;

4. Activate the designated pharmacy, and the medical insurance card can be activated when it is consumed in the designated pharmacy.

To sum up, the social security card is also a kind of welfare given to us by the state, and we can still use it normally. After all, social security cards are still very formal, especially for adults who have already received a lot of benefits from social security. In short, it is a good choice to buy more insurance for children.

Legal basis:

Article 25 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes and improves the basic medical insurance system for urban residents.

The basic medical insurance for urban residents combines individual contributions with government subsidies.

People who enjoy the minimum living guarantee, disabled people who have lost their ability to work, elderly people and minors over 60 years old in low-income families, etc. , subsidized by the government.