Why do individuals pay social security and medical insurance without a medical insurance card?

If you have paid social medical insurance, but you don't have a medical insurance card, you probably didn't go to the social security center to claim it. Moreover, most cities now do not apply for medical insurance cards at all, but directly apply for social security cards with more complete functions.

1. What are the functions of the social security card?

1. Insured personnel can apply for retirement audit, apply for benefits and receive self-service certification with social security card, and query insurance information and print insurance certificates through self-service integrated machine.

2. Flexible employees and urban and rural residents can use the social security card bank account to pay the old-age insurance premium, and recipients can use the social security card bank account to receive the old-age insurance benefits.

3. Through the electronic social security card, the insured can handle the online registration, payment, treatment application and self-service certification of pension insurance.

Second, how to activate the social security card?

Social security card has social security function and financial function. Before using the social security card, you need to enable the social security function of the social security card. If you receive employment subsidies, pensions and other benefits through social security cards, you need to activate financial functions. The activation of social security function is generally handled by the staff when issuing the card, or I can activate it by modifying the social security password before using the card for the first time. In some areas, it can also be activated online and remotely through mobile APP, website and 12333 telephone.

Extended data

The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security.

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.

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.