Is cooperative medical care and social security card the same thing?

Cooperative medical care is different from social security card.

Medical insurance and social security mainly have the following differences:

1, medical insurance is a kind of social security, eggplant social security includes medical insurance, and social security includes a wider range;

2. The medical insurance card has a narrow application range and is only used for medical insurance. The social security card has a wide application range and can be used for human resources and social security.

3. Medical insurance cards can only be used in fixed areas, while social security cards are subject to national unified standards and are common throughout the country;

4. The medical insurance card has a low security level and is easy to be copied, and the social security card has a high security level.

Coverage of rural cooperative medical insurance: Rural residents who have reached the age of 16 (excluding school students) and have not participated in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers can voluntarily participate in the insurance payment method at their domicile.

The new rural old-age insurance fund consists of individual contributions, collective subsidies and government subsidies: rural registered permanent residents who have reached the age of 60 and do not enjoy the basic old-age insurance for urban workers, and elderly people who touch the silver can receive a monthly pension.

Legal basis: Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 16

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid a total of fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age.

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

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