What is the difference between the new rural medical insurance card and social security card

The difference between the social security card and the urban residents of the medical insurance card: the concept and function is different, the social security card is more versatile performance is more stable.

The details are as follows:

First, the concept is different. Social security card referred to as social security card, issued by the local human resources and social security departments for the community, for human resources and social security business areas of integrated circuit card.

Medicare card or medical insurance card, is a special card for medical insurance personal account, personal ID card as the identification code, stored in the personal ID card number, name, gender, and the account of the allocation of funds, consumption and other details of information.

Second, the function is different. The social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, or for the social security business of the important certificate, such as receiving unemployment benefits and so on. But the medical card is limited to the medical insurance function, can only be used to enjoy the medical insurance treatment.

Third, the social security card is more widely used. Social security card will be widely used in human social security business, and can be used as a financial debit card, medical insurance card is only as a medical insurance settlement vouchers.

Fourth, the social security card performance is more stable. The social security card uses an integrated circuit chip, which is more stable, less prone to damage, and more secure than the magnetic stripe medium of the medical insurance card.

The function of urban residents' medical insurance card:

1, information record function: urban residents' medical insurance card is a special card for each urban residents' medical insurance card participant, with personal ID card number as a number and identifier, the information recorded in the medical insurance card is mainly personal basic information, medical insurance reimbursement information and medical expense consumption information. Among them, the basic personal information mainly includes name, ID card number, gender, etc.; medical insurance reimbursement information refers to the reimbursement situation of medical insurance; medical expense information refers to the consumption details and account remaining records.

2. Consumption card function: Urban residents' medical insurance participants can use their urban residents' medical insurance cards to settle payment at designated outpatient clinics or hospitals.

3. Amount inquiry function: Urban residents' medical insurance participants can inquire about the consumption status and balance of their accounts, and can also inquire whether the reimbursement of medical expenses has arrived.

How to use the urban residents' medical insurance card:

1. Ordinary outpatient swipe card, the insured person in the designated hospitals, pharmacies, medicine purchase, with the password in the POS machine swipe card to use the urban residents' medical insurance card, but can not withdraw cash or transfer the use of the card. Urban residents medical insurance card can be used for the usual to the designated medical stores to purchase drugs, in the pharmacy to buy some of their own medicines can be paid with the medical card.

2, hospitalization card, in the designated medical institutions must be presented at the time of admission to the medical insurance card and my identity card (household registration), when discharged from the hospital billing according to the proportion of the policy to reimbursement on the spot.