Can the social security card still be used if it is broken?

The social security card can still be used if it is broken.

1. After the social security card is broken, the balance in the medical insurance card can still be treated in the designated medical insurance hospital, and the card will be settled until it is used up;

2. If the payment is stopped for less than one month, you can still use the medical insurance card to see a doctor in that month, but unless you pay a certain number of years of medical insurance, you will not be able to enjoy the corresponding medical insurance benefits from the next month;

3. After the social security is interrupted, if it is within three months after the interruption, the medical insurance card can be used in the second month after the normal payment. If it is broken for more than three months (inclusive), it needs to be paid continuously for six months before it can be used normally;

4. The payment period of endowment insurance is calculated continuously. As long as the insured reaches the statutory retirement age and has paid for 15 years, he can still enjoy the pension insurance benefits.

Advantages of social security card:

1. Even if the social security payment is interrupted, the social security card can still be used as identification;

2. If there is any balance in the personal account in the social security card, it can continue to be used to pay medical expenses;

3. In some areas, social security cards also have financial functions and can be used as bank cards;

4. Social security cards usually have a long validity period and will not expire immediately when the file is broken;

5. Some non-medical social welfare or services, such as borrowing books from public libraries, may also accept social security cards as identity verification tools. Therefore, the social security card still retains a certain use value after the interruption of social security payment.

To sum up, the social security card can still be used for medical treatment in designated medical insurance hospitals after breaking off diplomatic relations. As identification and payment of medical expenses, it also has financial functions and other non-medical benefits in some areas.

Legal basis:

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

Article 27

Individuals who participate in the basic medical insurance for employees will not pay the basic medical insurance premium after retirement and enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the state if they reach the statutory retirement age and the accumulated payment has reached the fixed number of years stipulated by the state; Those who have not reached the fixed number of years prescribed by the state may pay the fees to the fixed number of years prescribed by the state.