The social security card has the following functions:

1. Medical treatment: The social security card records the basic information of the insured, such as name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality and household registration, and can be used for medical treatment and personal account settlement of medical insurance.

2. Fixed-point drug purchase credit card: Many people get seriously ill and go to the hospital before they think of using the social security card. In fact, that is only a small part of the function. Usually you have a cold, a fever, a stomachache and other minor illnesses. You can use your social security card to buy prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs at designated pharmacies that you can use.

3. Information inquiry about insurance payment: The social security card records personal social security-related information, which can be used to inquire about my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment, and inquire about the accumulated amount of pension insurance and medical insurance.

4. Handling various insurance benefits: handling endowment insurance affairs; Apply for job registration and unemployment registration, apply for unemployment insurance, and apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.

5. Withdrawal and consumption: With the new insurance, the company will issue a social security passbook, and you can take the passbook to the bank where the social security card is located at any time. This is the subsidy returned from your personal account after you pay the medical insurance, and it has nothing to do with the money spent on seeing a doctor.

6. When using a bank card: The social security card loaded with financial functions can be used as a bank card while having the functions of information recording, information inquiry and business handling, and has financial functions such as cash deposit and withdrawal, transfer and consumption.

7. Inquiring about provident fund: Social security cards in some cities have the function of inquiring about provident fund. In addition to holding their ID cards and joint provident fund cards, citizens can also hold social security cards to check their own provident fund deposits and loans and other information.

8. Apply for a visa: For those who apply for a visa for the first time, it is very possible to refuse the visa. Many people may not know that social security cards (double-sided copies on the same paper) can be used as supplementary proof materials for visas, which will improve the endorsement rate of visa processing.

9. Identification: In case the ID card is lost or temporarily unavailable, the social security card can temporarily replace the ID card in some occasions when it is urgently needed.