Medical insurance electronic voucher and electronic social security card is the same thing?

Electronic health insurance vouchers and social security cards are not the same, health insurance electronic vouchers, issued by the national health insurance information platform, is based on the basic information base of health insurance for all participants in the generation of health insurance identification of electronic media, its functions include health insurance business, health insurance account inquiries, health insurance clinic and purchase of medicines and payment.

And the social security card is a kind of physical card card, after we participate in the social security, we will get a belong to the personal social security card, its function is very much, can be used as an ID card, can also use the social security card for real-time settlement of medical insurance, but also for the old age insurance affairs, and for the registration of unemployment and so on.

Medicare electronic vouchers and electronic social security cards have three differences:

1, the issuing unit is different: Medicare electronic vouchers are issued by the National Health Security Bureau; electronic social security card is issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security;

2, the conditions for receiving different: Medicare electronic vouchers as long as they participate in the health care users will be able to receive; electronic social security card must be a physical card to activate. The physical card can be activated on the basis of the collection;

3, the function is different.

Definition:

Medicare electronic credentials is an important part of the national unified health insurance information platform, is the only identity credentials for health insurance online business, comprehensively applicable to the various businesses of the medical insurance;

Electronic social security card is an effective electronic credentials for the application of social security card online, and the physical social security card corresponds to the one-to-one by the national social security card service platform unified issuance and management.

Legal basis:

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 2

The state establishes a social insurance system of basic old-age pension insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to ensure that citizens receive benefits from the state and society according to the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment, maternity and other circumstances. In the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment, maternity, etc., citizens have the right to receive material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law.

Article 3

The social insurance system adheres to the policy of broad coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance shall be commensurate with the level of economic and social development.