How to cancel the social security card if it is accidentally reported lost?

If you accidentally report the loss of your social security card, you can cancel it in the following ways:

1. Call the local social security agency or the human resources and social security department to explain the situation to the staff and provide personal identity information, social security card number and other related information;

2. If the local social security agency or human resources and social security department provides an online service platform, you can also log in to the platform for operation. Find related options such as "social security card loss reporting" or "social security card decoupling" in the platform and cancel the operation;

3. If you have gone to the local social security agency or the human resources and social security department to handle related business, you can explain the situation to the staff and cancel the operation.

The social security card is used for the following purposes:

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 medical information;

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

4. You can take the card to the hospital and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine;

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, job hunting, unemployment registration, and even participate in vocational training.

To sum up, the loss reporting and cancellation of social security cards need to be handled carefully, so as not to affect social security benefits and medical insurance reimbursement. If you have any questions about the loss reporting and cancellation of social security cards, you can consult the local social security agency or the human resources and social security department for professional help and advice.

Legal basis:

Article 60 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The employing unit shall declare itself and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, and shall not postpone or reduce the payment except for legal reasons such as force majeure. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.