Are college students' medical insurance card and social security card the same card?

Legal analysis: social security card is different from medical insurance card, not a card.

Social security card is an IC card with various social security functions, including the function of medical insurance card; Medical insurance card is a special card for medical insurance. Cardholders can use medical insurance cards to enjoy services related to medical insurance, such as purchasing medicines and paying bills.

Medical insurance cards can generally be activated in designated pharmacies or banks, and social security cards need to be activated in designated banks. Both need to be activated before they can be used.

Legal basis: Notice II on the financial function of social security cards. functional localization

The financial function of social security card is mainly realized by loading bank application on social security card. Social security card loaded with financial function (hereinafter referred to as social security card with financial function), electronic certificate, the cardholder enjoys the rights of social security and public employment services, and has the basic functions of social security card such as information recording, information inquiry and business handling, and can also be used as a bank card with financial functions such as cash deposit and withdrawal, transfer and consumption.

The financial application of the social security card with financial function is RMB debit application, and the credit function is not supported for the time being, and its application scope is limited to People's Republic of China (PRC).

The card medium of social security card with financial function is contact chip card, which can be temporarily transitioned in the form of chip and hidden magnetic stripe composite card. The chip should include both human resources and social security applications (hereinafter referred to as social security applications) and financial applications.