What's the difference between social security card and medical insurance card?

The difference between social security card and medical insurance card is as follows:

1, with different concepts:

(1) social security card, referred to as social security card, is an integrated circuit card issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security;

(2) The medical insurance card or medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which uses personal identity card as the identification code to store detailed information such as personal identity card number, name, gender, account fund allocation and consumption;

2. Different functions:

(1) The social security card not only has the function of a medical insurance card, but also serves as an important voucher for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving unemployment benefits.

(2) However, the medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits;

3. Different distribution locations:

(1) The medical insurance card shall be borne by the local designated correspondent bank;

(2) Social security cards are issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments;

4. Different safety features:

(1) The security card adopts a national unified three-layer key management system, and its security and reliability have passed the national acceptance, which can really make the social security card a "security card" and a "trust card" for the insured, and also lay a good foundation for realizing cross-provincial and national universality in the future; (2) The medical insurance card has no such management system, so the safety factor is low.

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 get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 23

Employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.