What is the relationship between social security and medical insurance

Legal analysis: First, the medical insurance is the basic medical insurance, is specialized in the insured person in case of illness to provide basic medical treatment of a social insurance system. Second, the social security that social insurance, is for the loss of the ability to work, or temporary loss of labor positions, or because of health problems caused by the loss of insured persons to provide income or compensation social security system. Social security mainly includes basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system covering basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., and guarantees the right of citizens to receive material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity, etc.

These social insurance systems are designed to protect the rights of citizens to receive material assistance from the State and society.