What is the balance of the social security card?

The balance of social security personal account includes the balance of endowment insurance account and medical insurance account, as follows:

1. The balance of the endowment insurance account also includes the part paid by individuals and the amount of endowment insurance premiums paid by enterprises; The balance of medical insurance account is the accumulated balance paid by individuals to individual accounts. Of course, social security policies vary from place to place, depending on local social security regulations;

2. Social insurance refers to the non-profit social security system with income redistribution function that the state participates in in order to prevent and force most members of society.

The significance of social insurance:

1. Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who are unable to work, temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons;

2. The social insurance plan is organized by the government, forcing a certain group to use part of its income as social insurance tax (fee) to form a social insurance fund. Under certain conditions, the insured can get fixed income or loss compensation from the fund. It is a redistribution system, and its goal is to ensure the reproduction of material and labor and social stability. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

To sum up, the full name of social security card includes medical insurance, endowment insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance and other functions, and can even be used as a financial debit card.

Legal basis:

Article 29 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.

Article 30

The following medical expenses are not included in the payment scope of the basic medical insurance fund:

(a) shall be paid by the industrial injury insurance fund;

(2) It shall be borne by a third party;

(three) shall be borne by public health;

(4) Go abroad for medical treatment.

Medical expenses that should be borne by a third party according to law. If the third party is unable to pay or cannot determine the third party, the basic medical insurance fund will pay in advance. After the basic medical insurance fund pays in advance, it has the right to recover from the third party.