Do children need social security cards? Is it useful?

Children need social security cards, which are useful.

After getting the social security card, if the child needs to see a doctor or buy medicine, he can use the social security card when paying the fee and enjoy the treatment of social security outpatient and hospitalization medical insurance reimbursement. So as to reduce children's medical expenses, strengthen the protection of children and effectively transfer risks.

The role of children's 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, medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury and 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, handle work judgment and unemployment registration, apply for unemployment insurance benefits, and apply for vocational training;

8. Used for identification. Newborns can be handled at any time within one year of birth. The use of children's social security card: a kind of medical welfare provided by the state, which guarantees the medical expenses of hospitalization, treatment and operation for minor children suffering from certain diseases reported by insurance.

To sum up, children's social security can provide children with the most basic medical security, such as the settlement of outpatient medical expenses, the protection of congenital diseases and past diseases.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.