Is the medical insurance card the same as the social security card?

Social security card is different from medical insurance card. Social security cards are uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and used in various business fields of labor and social security. They are electronic certificate where workers work in the field of labor security. 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, expenditure and consumption of account funds.

Medical insurance and social security

In the past, social security cards and medical insurance cards were issued at the same time. Now, medical insurance cards are no longer issued separately in all parts of the country, but a new version of social security cards is issued uniformly. The new social security card contains all the functions of the medical insurance card, and the insured can use the social security card to buy medicines and reimburse medical expenses.

The difference between social security card and medical insurance card

1, with different functions: the social security card not only has the function of a medical insurance card, but also serves as an important voucher for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving industry funds and so on. However, the medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits.

2. Card issuing departments are different: medical insurance cards are undertaken by local designated correspondent banks, and social security cards are issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments.

3. Different security performance: the social security card has strict key management system and approval, and the security factor is high; The medical insurance card has this management system, and the safety factor is low.

Social security card refers to the social insurance card that is uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and distributed to the society by local labor and social security departments, including various social insurance services. Medical insurance card is one of the business contents of social security card, and it has been gradually stopped from 20 18 1. When the social security card is used for the first time, the original medical insurance card automatically becomes invalid.