Can social security only pay medical insurance?

Both medical insurance and social security are paid voluntarily. If you just want to get medical needs protection, you can only choose medical insurance payment, and you don't have to pay social security. If the enterprise pays social security, all five insurances need to be paid together, including endowment insurance, medical insurance, work injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. If individuals pay social security, they can only pay endowment insurance and medical insurance, which is bound. You can't just pay one of them. The contribution rate of new insured units (referring to various enterprises) is 10%, and the individual contribution rate is 8%. Individual industrial and commercial households and their employees, flexible employees and other personnel who are insured in the form of individuals have different rates according to the payment period. Enterprises, banks, social security management agencies signed a bank payment agreement, the monthly fixed time directly deducted from the enterprise bank account social security fees. Of course, enterprises can also choose to go to the Social Security Bureau to pay in cash or by cheque. Units need to declare the correct social security payment base for employees every month to ensure the normal payment of social security. The payment base of social security is based on the average salary of employees in the previous year or the salary in the first month of employment. Medical insurance is the inevitable result of social progress and production development. Conversely, the establishment and improvement of medical insurance system will further promote social progress and production development. On the one hand, medical insurance relieves the worries of workers, makes them work with peace of mind, can improve labor productivity and promote the development of production; On the other hand, it also ensures the physical and mental health of workers and the normal reproduction of labor.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance to protect citizens' right to get material help from the state and society in the event of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Derivative problem:

Paying social security is too expensive. Can I just pay medical insurance?

If you pay social security yourself, you can only pay old-age insurance and medical insurance at the place where you register. Policies vary from place to place. In some places, endowment insurance or medical insurance can be paid separately, but in some places, medical insurance and endowment insurance are bundled. The payment standards vary from place to place, so it is recommended to consult the local social security agency directly.