Can the social security card be used by someone other than myself?

(1) The social security card can only be used by the insured person himself. Whether it is family members, friends, or anyone else, it cannot be used fraudulently. The "Social Insurance Card" can only be used by the insured employee himself and cannot be lent to others for use, nor can he use another person's "Social Insurance Card" to seek medical treatment under his/her name.

(2) Using other people’s social security cards is considered fraud. If the circumstances are particularly serious, criminal liability will be pursued in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations.

(3) Lending a social security card to others is an illegal use of the social security card, which may leak personal information and affect the cardholder's purchase of insurance and loans. Extended information

Social security card is an electronic information card issued by medical insurance agencies for insured persons to seek medical treatment and purchase medicines. It is used to verify identity, record, and store personal account funds and usage. With their social security cards, insured persons can seek medical treatment at any designated medical institution or purchase medicines at designated retail pharmacies in this city.

Cards generally use barcode cards, magnetic stripe cards, and IC cards. IC cards are also called integrated circuit cards. Barcode cards are the simplest card with low cost. When Jinan Huaiyin District launched a medical insurance pilot in 1996, barcode cards were adopted. Judging from the effect of use, they were very poor. The reason is that they require a very powerful computer network. To provide support, the customization workload is heavy;

The customization workload of magnetic stripe cards is much simpler than that of barcode cards, but its computer network requirements are the same as those of barcode cards; IC cards are also called Smart cards or integrated circuit cards are divided into three types. One is the memory card (MEMORY card), whose integrated circuit is a programmable read-only memory that can be electrically erased.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China