Where can I update my medical insurance card?

The renewal of the medical insurance card can be handled at the local human resources and social security department, or at the local designated agency bank. Medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance. It takes personal ID card as the identification code, and stores detailed information such as personal ID card number, name, gender, payment, account fund consumption, etc.

1. How to apply for a social security card?

Social security cards handled by the company can be issued by the company's social security management department, and employees can also directly bring their ID cards to the local social security center to collect them. Social security card refers to an integrated circuit card which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments and used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

Two, the difference between medical insurance card and social security card is as follows:

1, different concepts.

Social security card is a social security card, which is an integrated circuit card issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security.

Medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which takes personal ID card as the identification code and stores detailed information such as personal ID card number, name, gender, payment and account capital consumption.

2. Different functions

Social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, but also is an important voucher for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving unemployment benefits.

The medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits;

3. Different card issuing departments

The medical insurance card shall be borne by the local designated agent bank;

Social security cards are issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments;

4. The safety performance is different.

The social security card has strict key management system and approval, and the safety factor is high;

There is no such management system for medical insurance cards, and the safety factor is low.

To sum up, the replacement of medical insurance cards should be handled manually at the counter of social security center, and the replacement of old medical insurance cards should be handled manually at the counter of social security center.

Legal basis:

Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.