Is the Medicare card number the same as the social security card number?

Social Security and Medicare cards are not the same. The registration number, or personal number, for social security payment of health insurance is usually 12 digits.

And the social security card adopts the national unified standard, social security number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law, the use of civil identity numbers.

Social medical insurance card (referred to as medical insurance card or medical insurance card) is a special card for medical insurance personal account, which takes personal ID card as the identification code, and stores detailed information such as personal ID card number, name, gender, as well as account payment and consumption.