Is the social security card a medical insurance for urban and rural residents?

The main difference between urban residents' medical insurance card and medical insurance card is: 1, and the coverage is different: urban residents' medical insurance card is a special card for each urban residents' medical insurance card, while medical insurance card is a social security card, which is used for five insurances (pension, medical care, unemployment, work injury and maternity social insurance). 2. Different functions: urban residents' medical insurance cards can only be used for medical consumption, and social security cards can also be used for identity inquiry and social security payment. 3. Different cardholders: Urban residents' medical insurance cards are mainly aimed at residents without fixed work units, and medical insurance cards are functional cards that employees can only apply for after purchasing social security.

Legal objectivity:

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. "People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law" Article 23 * * * employees shall participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees shall pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.