Do you have to have social security to participate in medical insurance

Legal analysis: medical insurance and social security is not necessary to pay together. The main items of social insurance include old-age social insurance, social medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, maternity insurance. It is possible to purchase only medical insurance, not social security.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 64 The social insurance fund includes the basic pension insurance fund, the basic medical insurance fund, the industrial injury insurance fund, the unemployment insurance fund and the maternity insurance fund. With the exception of the basic medical insurance fund and the maternity insurance fund, which are combined and accounted for in a single account, the other social insurance funds are accounted for separately according to the type of social insurance risk and are accounted for in separate accounts. The social insurance funds are subject to the unified accounting system of the State.

Social insurance funds are earmarked for specific purposes, and may not be misappropriated or misappropriated by any organization or individual.

The basic old-age insurance fund is gradually being integrated at the national level, while other social insurance funds are gradually being integrated at the provincial level, with the specific time and steps being prescribed by the State Council.

Article 66 The social insurance fund establishes a budget according to the level of integration. With the exception of the basic medical insurance fund and the maternity insurance fund, the budgets of other social insurance funds shall be prepared separately in accordance with the social insurance program.