Is cooperative medical care the same as social security?

Social security is different from cooperative medical care. Medical insurance and social security mainly have the following differences:

1, medical insurance is a kind of social security, and social security includes medical insurance, which covers a wider range;

2. The medical insurance card has a narrow application range and is only used for medical insurance. The social security card has a wide application range and can be used for human resources and social security.

3. Medical insurance cards can only be used in fixed areas, while social security cards are subject to national unified standards and are common throughout the country;

4. The medical insurance card has a low security level and is easy to be copied, and the social security card has a high security level.

The coverage of rural cooperative medical insurance, rural residents who have reached the age of 16 and have not participated in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers, can voluntarily participate in the payment method at their domicile.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

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The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 16

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid a total of fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age.

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

Article 26

The basic medical insurance for employees, the new rural cooperative medical system and the basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.

Article 10

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.