The difference between new medical insurance card and old medical insurance card.

The difference between the new medical insurance card and the old medical insurance card lies in the different functions.

The new social security card has many functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration of endowment insurance affairs, apply for unemployment insurance benefits, apply for employment training, request labor ability appraisal and apply for work-related injury insurance benefits, and handle related labor and social security affairs online.

Personal medical insurance card replacement method replacement process is as follows:

1. Bring my original ID card and my old medical insurance card to the counter of the social security center in the province and city where I live to change the card manually;

2. Or you can apply online. You can apply in the official WeChat account and pay attention to the social security of WeChat official account in your city. After approval, you can pick up the card at the designated card outlet;

3. We can also use the self-service business card printing machine to change cards, but the self-service business card printing machine needs the following materials: my second-generation ID card, my social security card transaction password, my debit card with UnionPay logo, and then follow the instructions of the machine.

The method of checking account balance with medical insurance card;

1. social security bureau inquiry: the insured person carries his personal ID card and goes to the window of the local social security center or the self-service terminal to inquire about the machine;

2. Telephone inquiry: Call the local social security bureau or the social security comprehensive service hotline 12333, and make telephone inquiry according to the voice prompts;

3. official website inquiry: On the premise that the local social security center has opened the official website inquiry function, you can log in to the website through the local social security center official website and inquire according to the webpage prompts;

4. Third-party platform inquiry: the insured can enter identity information or social security card information on a specific third-party platform for inquiry;

5. Pharmacy inquiry: The insured can use the medical insurance card to buy medicines at the designated pharmacy, and can inquire the account balance when spending by credit card.

To sum up, the medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which uses personal ID card as the identification code to store and record detailed information such as personal ID number, name, gender, payment, account fund consumption and so on.

Legal basis:

Article 29 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.