Does supplementary medical care count as social security

Legal analysis: supplementary medical insurance: Different from basic medical insurance, supplementary medical insurance is not enforced by national legislation, but is voluntarily participated by employers and individuals. It is a kind of supplementary insurance that the unit or individual appropriately increases the medical insurance items according to the needs and possible principles after the units and employees participate in the unified basic medical insurance, so as to improve the insurance protection level. Basic medical insurance and supplementary medical insurance are not contradictory.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 2 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 receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the principles of wide coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be compatible with the level of economic and social development.