Is the social security card a medical insurance card? What is the difference?

Social security card is not a medical insurance card, and the specific differences are as follows:

1. Medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance. It uses personal identity card as identification code, and stores and records detailed information such as personal identity card number, name, gender, payment and consumption of account funds;

2. The social security card is an integrated circuit card that is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security;

3. Different functions

Social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, but also is an important voucher for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving unemployment benefits. However, the medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits;

4. The issuing departments are different.

The medical insurance card is undertaken by the local designated agent bank, and the social security card is issued to the society by the local human resources and social security department;

5. Different safety performance

The social security card has strict key management system and approval, and the safety factor is high; However, the medical insurance card does not have such a management system, and the safety factor is low.

The social security card has the following functions:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital to see a doctor, settle the medical insurance personal account, and buy medicine at the pharmacy;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, registering for job hunting and unemployment, applying for unemployment insurance benefits, and vocational training.

To sum up, the social security card not only has the function of medical insurance, but also can be used to handle various social security businesses, query social security information, receive benefits such as pensions and unemployment benefits, and it is also a bank card, which can be used as a bank card.

Legal basis:

Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Social Security Cards of the People's Republic of China

To apply for the issuance of social security cards, the following materials shall be submitted:

(1) Fill in a complete social security card issuance registration application form;

(2) An explanation of the preparation for the issuance of social security cards;

(3) The application fields and application file structures in the card that meet the requirements of the national unified specifications (including the application fields and indicators of local expansion);

(four) the card face style designed according to the unified requirements;

(five) the measures for the administration of social security cards in this area and the detailed rules for their implementation;

(six) other materials required by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.