Is the medical card the same as the medical insurance card?

Legal analysis: Rural cooperative card is a medical card that residents with rural hukou apply for at the local health bureau. Generally, they need to open a referral form when they see a doctor locally, and the reimbursement is also in the local health bureau. Social security card is a medical card handled by urban residents in the local medical insurance bureau, which is generally divided into resident medical insurance and employee medical insurance. Residents' medical insurance is paid by their own district, and employees' medical insurance is paid by the unit and reimbursed in the local hospital. As long as it is a designated hospital for medical insurance, it can be reimbursed directly in the hospital. The general reimbursement ratio from large to small is employee medical insurance, resident medical insurance and rural cooperative medical care. The specific reimbursement policies are different in different provinces and cities, so you need to consult the local health bureau or medical insurance bureau.

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

Article 4 Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) shall pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.