What is the use of a social security card? How is it used?

Legal subjective:

What is the use of the social security card: access to medical care. The biggest role of the social security card is to be able to visit the doctor, which is widely recognized as the main function of the social security card. The use of social security card to see the doctor can be reimbursed a large part of the cost of treatment, especially now that the card can also be used for foreign medical use, making it more convenient for people to see the doctor. Acting as a temporary ID card. Careful friends can see that the medical insurance card also has a name, identity card number and other information, if your ID card is accidentally lost, and temporarily can not go to replace the ID card, then you can choose to use the social security card as a valid proof of identity. Go to the pharmacy to buy medicine with your card. Nowadays, many pharmacies support medical insurance card spending, and not only medicines, but also some rice, flour, oil and other daily necessities can be purchased with social security card. Simple health care equipment can also be purchased at pharmacies by swiping your social security card. Act as a bank card. The medical insurance card is tied to a bank card, which means that the card can be used as a bank card, and you can see the corresponding bank and account number on the back of the card. However, the money of the medical insurance card is not in the bank card, these two are differentiated, and if you want to use the social security card as a bank card, you only need to go to the corresponding bank to activate the card. Check your social security payment information. Social security and personal life is closely related to your social security account payment situation for the future has a great role, if you want to know the specifics of their social security payments, you can take your social security card to the social security bureau to query.

Legal Objective:

"The Chinese people*** and the State social security card" management measures "Article 2 of the social security card referred to in these measures, refers to the public issued for the public, the main application of human resources and social security in the field of government social management and public **** services integrated circuit card. Social security card is the cardholder enjoys the rights and interests of social security and public **** employment services electronic vouchers, with information records, information query, business handling and other basic functions. Article 16 The provincial and prefectural human resources and social security departments approved to issue social security cards shall formulate clear application and management procedures for social security cards and release them to the society through express indication in service places and public announcement on government websites. Social security card application management regulations should include the following contents: (a) social security card function, purpose; (b) social security card issuance object, application conditions, application procedures; (d) social security card damage, loss of loss, reissuance procedures; (e) card issuer, cardholder and other relevant parties' rights and obligations.