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Are Medicare and Social Security the same card?

Social Security and Medicare are not the same card, they are different cards with different purposes.

The social security card is called the social security card, the medical insurance card is a medical insurance card, the social security card has two accounts, respectively, the medical insurance account and the financial account (bank account), while the medical insurance card only has a medical insurance account. Medical insurance card only medical insurance function, can only do with the medical insurance related things, such as registration to see the doctor, buy drugs, etc., while the social security card in addition to this medical insurance function, there are financial functions. The so-called financial function, in fact, is the bank card function, social security card in the activation of the financial function, the inside to the bank account can be normally enabled, social security card can be used as an ordinary debit card. That is to say, the social security card with financial function activated has all the functions of a bank card, which can be used to deposit and withdraw money, transfer money and so on. In terms of function, the social security card is far more powerful than the medical insurance card, the social security card has the basic six functions, which are medical settlement, identity credentials, information records, self-service query, social security contributions and benefits to receive, financial payment.