What's the difference between employee medical insurance and social security?

Their concepts and functions are different.

1, the concept is different: social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which is a socio-economic system that provides income or compensation for people who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons; Medical insurance is the abbreviation of medical insurance, which is an insurance to compensate medical expenses caused by diseases.

2. Different functions: social security can provide economic security for the insured within the scope of basic medical insurance, basic old-age insurance, work injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance; The role of medical insurance is mainly to ensure that patients can pay medical expenses when they are sick.