Medical insurance and social security contributions are separate.

Medical insurance and social security contributions are resolved as follows:

1. If the insured person is a flexible employee, he can only buy medical insurance, but not social security, or both medical insurance and social security can be bought at the same time, both of which exist and are allowed by law;

2. If the insured is an employee of the company, it is mandatory to pay the medical insurance and social security at the same time. Employers are obliged to buy medical insurance and social security for their employees, which is what we often say. If the employer fails to apply for medical insurance and social security, the employee may report to the local labor inspection department.

The difference between social security and five insurances and one gold is as follows:

1, with different concepts; Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which refers to five kinds of insurance: endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance. Five insurances and one gold refer to endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and housing accumulation fund;

2, the scope is different; Social insurance only includes five types of insurance, such as endowment insurance, but five insurances and one gold also include housing accumulation fund.

To sum up, social security and medical insurance can be paid separately or together. If it is social security for urban and rural residents, urban and rural residents' pension and urban and rural residents' medical care can be paid separately, or they can be insured separately, or both of them can be insured, or they can be combined with flexible employment social security;

Legal basis:

Article 4 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights records, and require social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Article 5

The people's governments at or above the county level will incorporate social insurance into the national economic and social development plan.

The state raises social insurance funds through multiple channels. People's governments at or above the county level shall give necessary financial support to social insurance.

The state supports social insurance through preferential tax policies.